{"id":6533,"date":"2026-10-07T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=6533"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:50:47","slug":"linux-security-64-what-is-the-maximum-level-of-nested-archives-to-be-scanned","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/support-articles\/linux-security-64-what-is-the-maximum-level-of-nested-archives-to-be-scanned\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Security 64: What is the maximum level of nested archives to be scanned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>Linux Security 64: What is the maximum level of nested archives to be scanned?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>By default, the maximum level of nested archives to be scanned is set to &quot;5&quot; for both real-time scanning and manual scanning.\u00a0The value is configurable from Policy Manager console or lsctl command tool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to change the max nesting level for archive scanning via Policy Manager Console:<\/p>\n<p>Real-time scanning:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Policy Manager Console<\/li>\n<li>Select a host or policy domain from the domain tree<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Settings <\/strong>tab\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Linux &gt; Real-time scanning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scroll down to the <strong>Handling archive in real-time scanning <\/strong>section<\/li>\n<li>Change the value in the field called &quot;Scan archive up to nesting level:&quot;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Distribute the policy (Ctrl + D)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Manual scanning:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Policy Manager Console<\/li>\n<li>Select a host or policy domain from the domain tree<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Settings <\/strong>tab\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Linux &gt; Manual scanning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scroll down to the <strong>Handling archive in manual scanning <\/strong>section<\/li>\n<li>Change the value in the field called &quot;Scan archive up to nesting level:&quot;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Distribute the policy (Ctrl + D)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>lsctl instructions can be found in the Linux Security 64 user guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/userguides\/product.html#business\/linux-security-64\/latest\/en\/configuring_settings-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\">Configuring settings with the lsctl utility | Linux Security 64 | Latest | WithSecure User Guides<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Security 64: What is the maximum level of nested archives to be scanned?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-6533","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005045","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-07 13:50:47","import_hash":"c3a669ced66146f8f74077409ba0c6a75fe4c4b2","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/6533","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=6533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=6533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}