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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 | 2 years, 7 months ago
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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 | 2 years, 7 months ago Report

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 | 2 years, 7 months ago
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It SHOULD delete it from your computer altogether.
It does not put it back into your computer.

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mamakin | 2 years, 7 months ago Report

thanks for your very prompt answer!

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