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[Supernovasky]

If the objects are in quarantine.. what does the delete buttons do? Because I presume I am safe if an object is quarantined... does it permanently delete it from my system or is it already deleted and this just removes it from the list of quarantined objects...

[exile360]

It removes it from quarantine. If it weren't deleted from quarantine you'd be able to use the "Restore" function to restore the file, which would be good of course if it were a false positive.

[prairie dog]

when you delete a file in quarantine you are permanently deleting it. Prior to that you have the option of restoring if necessary. You are correct though, Everything is safe when in the quarantine. Hope that helps


EDIT: OOps. looks like we posted at the exact same time Exile

[Supernovasky]

Hah thanks yeah its all malicious in the quarantine so clicking delete all will be safe and all and it should be permanently gone?

[prairie dog]

Supernovasky, on Jul 12 2009, 11:27 PM, said:

Hah thanks yeah its all malicious in the quarantine so clicking delete all will be safe and all and it should be permanently gone?

Yep . I normally leave things in quarantine for about a week to make sure everything is running normally. If there ever was a problem caused by one of the files that was quarantined, you would have a short list of files that was most likely causing the issue right there in quarantine. Once things have been running for about a week or so, then I delete all.

[AdvancedSetup]

Absolutely - While in the Quarantine folder they should pose no threat. They are there for recovery in case it was a False Positive and you need to get the file back. If all seems well after a few days and you don't want to have it in the Quarantine folder because your AV software keeps detecting it, then go ahead and remove it at that time.