{"id":4363,"date":"2026-06-08T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4363"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:00","slug":"files-detected-as-password-protected-when-scanning-them-on-linux-security","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/support-articles\/files-detected-as-password-protected-when-scanning-them-on-linux-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Files detected as ”Password Protected” when scanning them on Linux Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

When I run the command fsav [path\/file] the command returns "ERROR: Password protected file"\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

"Treat password-protected files as safe" setting on WEBUI has been disabled.\u00a0This means that a message of "Password protected file" will be output every time such files are being scanned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By default, the setting is enabled which means that any password protected files are considered to be safe and the scan result will always show as "clean". To revert;<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Login to WEBUI\u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. Click on "Advanced mode"<\/li>\n
  3. Go to "Virus Protection" > "Real-time Scanning"\u00a0<\/li>\n
  4. Enable the "Treat password protected archives as safe" setting<\/li>\n
  5. Click on the "Save" button at the right bottom of the page.<\/li>\n
  6. For Manual Scans, go to \u00a0"Virus Protection" > "Manual Scanning"\u00a0<\/li>\n
  7. Enable the "Treat password protected archives as safe"\u00a0<\/li>\n
  8. Click on "Save" button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When I run command fsav [path\/file]
    , the command returns an error message. ”ERROR: Password protected file”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-4363","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005738","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 14:56:00","import_hash":"efed0d7239645499c0f24d7aeb945fb63e3131b0","vanilla_article_id":32464,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/32464-files-detected-as-password-protected-when-scanning-them-on-linux-security","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":103,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}