Sorry DaveR I misread your post
I didn't say some are hidden, just that you couldn't see them all in the image.
I’m not at my home PC at the moment, so I can’t see the standard shield scanned file types list, but I did put my most commonly downloaded files on my last post
I would probably download avi, exe, iso, jpg, mkv, mp3, mp4, mpg, mt2s, rar, zip the most.
The video file that was reported was a few months ago, and I didn’t make a note of the details of the virus found. It was just that a file had been downloaded and wrote to the hard drive without the virus being detected. It was only when I prompted a scan it was found. I immediately deleted it, but it was either a *.mkv file or a *.mt2s file.
What would have happened if I had just played this video file? Would it have been scanned before it was opened?
In the program settings, Standard Shield, Customize, \scanner (Advanced) the option I had selected (scan “All Files”) would this included the *.mkv, *.mt2s & archive files?
it is important to keep your media player up to date.
I do try and keep my software up to date.
I understand now that archive files wouldn’t impose an immediate risk, but when I attempt to open the archive file (ZIP, RAR) would it be scanned before opening?
Also would an iso be scanned before I burned it to a CD/DVD?
If not then I would have to scan these manually and depending on the size it could take time. This is why I wanted to automate scanning this folder, so they are ready when come to use them.