By default a Defender scan only scans the C drive, you would have to create a custom scan in Defender to add the other drives or right click your D drive and choose to scan it from the context menu.
Virus Scans for .zip files
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Does Windows scan inside of .zip files like temporarily decompresses or do I have to extract first for windows to scan file contents? And does Malwarebytes and Mcaffe? Please be very specific
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DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-09-06T17:58:20+00:00 Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
Defender can scan a zip archive without the need to extract the files out of the zip file and so can McAfee, if the 'Scan with Archives' setting is enabled in Malwarebytes, it can scan two levels deep inside a zip archive.
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Anonymous
2024-09-06T18:14:00+00:00 Thank you!!!
Would you know if a full scan also scans all drives such as if I have 2 SSDs installed one for C drive and D drive? And thumb drives and such?
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DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-09-06T18:07:19+00:00 Yes, that is correct a full scan will also scan zip files.
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Anonymous
2024-09-06T18:05:20+00:00 So if I do a full scan it will scan inside zip files and I will have no viruses if I am correct?
Thank you for responding!