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1 minute ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

What does it do? wouldn’t you rather delete it instead of letting it sit there?

curiosity made me do this xp

thanks!

Some viruses are a pain in the ass to delete, so the antivirus quarantines them instead. But don't worry, the quarantine is a secure folder.

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What does it do? wouldn’t you rather delete it instead of letting it sit there?

curiosity made me do this xp

thanks!

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1 minute ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

What does it do? wouldn’t you rather delete it instead of letting it sit there?

curiosity made me do this xp

thanks!

Some viruses are a pain in the ass to delete, so the antivirus quarantines them instead. But don't worry, the quarantine is a secure folder.

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3 hours ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

What does it do? wouldn’t you rather delete it instead of letting it sit there?

curiosity made me do this xp

thanks!

It puts files in the Quarantine because sometimes the anti-virus gets a false-positive and you might not want it deleting a file thats NOT infected, no?

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1 minute ago, sissj said:

Some viruses are a pain in the ass to delete, so the antivirus quarantines them instead. But don't worry, the quarantine is a secure folder.

 

Just now, rEaGeNeReary said:

If it's just false positive so you can restore it later.

ahh thanks :D

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5 minutes ago, ServerSide_Drew said:

It puts files in the Quarantine because sometimes the anti-virus gets a false-positive and you might not want it deleting a file thats NOT infected, no?

This is why^ 

 

you then have the option of selecting the threats you would like to permanently delete 

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