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# sk102974 - Archives larger than 1GB are not scanned by Anti-Virus although archive scanning is enabled

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk102974 |
| Date Created | 2014-10-13 |
| Last Modified | 2015-02-24 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |

## Symptoms

- * Archives larger than 1GB are not scanned by Anti-Virus although archive scanning is enabled.

* Kernel debug shows messages like these:


  ```
  
  EVENT_OBJECT_BEGIN size=13932699
  kav_clbk_fn: Object Count=1038, Origin object size=138189633, Current object size=13932699, Total object size=1053269589 (-4693589 left), Ratio=7
  kav_clbk_fn: Maximum unpacked size reached, canceling scan...
  ```

## Cause

By default, archive files larger than 1GB are not scanned by Anti-Virus.

## Solution

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