Is it better to have the files archived?

i meant rar files, i saw many torrents archived thats why i asked, i have acc on private trackers and all the files there are archived

Archiving is better in my opinion. It doesn't give access to the contained files in any way to the user, unles he downloads and opens it on his computer.

Archiving I think is better.. if the file is short many guys will just open it to test and wont extract/scan

archived won't allow AV detection while downloading, whereas exposed files may get detected or be exposed as fakes earlier.

it won't allow users to see the files until they have downloaded them, and it adds more of a legit feel to the download.

I stand corrected. Haven't heard of that before.

most av apps will, only way around it is password the rar files