F-SECURE ANTI-VIRUS FOR WINDOWS SERVERS 9.00 Administrator's Manual - page 36
How to use the quarantine
Quarantine is a safe repository for files that may be harmful.
Quarantined files cannot spread or cause harm to your computer.
The product can quarantine malware , spyware , and riskware to make them harmless. You can restore
applications or files from the quarantine later if you need them.
If you do not need a quarantined item, you can delete it. Deleting an item in the quarantine removes it
permanently from your computer.
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In general, you can delete quarantined malware .
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In most cases, you can delete quarantined spyware . It is possible that the quarantined spyware is part
of a legitimate software program and removing it stops the actual program from working correctly. If you
want to keep the program on your computer, you can restore the quarantined spyware .
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Quarantined riskware can be a legitimate software program. If you have installed and set up the program
by yourself, you can restore it from the quarantine. If the riskware is installed without your knowledge, it
is most likely installed with malicious intent and should be deleted.
View quarantined items
You can view more information on items in the quarantine.
To view information on items in the quarantine:
1. To view general information on the quarantined items, go to the
Quarantine
page.
It shows the total number of items stored in quarantine.
2. To view detailed information on items in the quarantine, go to the
Quarantine
➤
Query
.
You can sort the content either by malware type or malware name.
A list of the first 100 items is shown with the type of the quarantined items, their name, and the path where
the files were installed.
3. To view more information on a quarantined item, click the
icon next to the item on the State column.
Restore quarantined items
You can restore the quarantined items that you need.
You can restore applications or files from the quarantine if you need them. Do not restore any items from the
quarantine unless you are sure that items pose no threat. Restored items move back to the original location
in your computer.
To restore quarantined items:
1. To restore all the items from the quarantine, on the
Quarantine
page, click
Restore all files
under
Tasks
on the right pane.
2. To restore specific items from the quarantine, do the following:
a) Go to
Quarantine
➤
Query
.
b) Select the quarantined items that you want to restore.
c) Click
Restore
.
Delete quarantined items
You can delete one or more items in the quarantine.
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