I've downloaded and am running BitDefender Internet Security 2008 Trial. So far I like the way it works with a simplistic interface and it's not a resource hog.
My question is regarding *.rar files. When downloading anything from the internet, I check it for a virus before opening. After downloading and manually scanning a .rar file with BitDefender, I want to know if it looks inside the file for a virus? I notice after running a full scan, the report shows that x number of files are archived with a password and could not be scanned (or something like that). When I look at the files that were not scanned, I see they are .rar files. These files may be something I have in storage or it may be a .rar file that is created during some kind of back-up procedure (for example SpyBot S&D creates undo .rar files).
Thanks for any help.
jshe28