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mamakin mamakin
 
M$1 October 28, 2009 02:02 PM

When you delete a file from your antivirus quarantine, does it delete it from your computer?

does deleting a file that is in your antivirus' quarantine delete the file from your computer or does it delete it from your antivirus quarantine releasing it back into your computer?
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suzd688 suzd688
 
 October 28, 2009 02:52 PM
Deleting it from your anti-virus quarantine deletes it completely from your pc.

When you anti-virus program quarantines a file it basically encrypts the file with different code to render it useless instead of removing it altogether. When you delete it from quarantine it removes it completely from your pc. If you wanted to keep the file (remove it from quarantine but keep it because you discover it is not a virus. It was a false positive by your anti-virus program) you would choose the option to restore the file.
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mamakin mamakin
 
October 28, 2009 03:00 PM
thank you. this is stated clearly enough for even me to understand!

i deleted the two files, and when i restarted, the very long lagtime for it to load windows was gone!!! fantastic!!

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lisak52 lisak52
 
October 28, 2009 02:08 PM
It SHOULD delete it from your computer altogether.
It does not put it back into your computer.

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mamakin mamakin
 
October 28, 2009 03:01 PM
thanks for your very prompt answer!

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rehan_anda... rehan_anda...
 
October 28, 2009 02:16 PM
when there are lots of adwares and cookies get accumulated in the virus vault then i used to clean it and all get deleted from vault and pc too.but some viruses which harm my pc,i like to keep it in virus vault so that anti virus should have memory of it and put it in virus vault whenever it finds it.

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mamakin mamakin
 
October 28, 2009 03:02 PM
thanks for the very prompt answer. i had no idea what to do, but was having a problem that i never encountered. it is now resolved. ^_^

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