Managing files in Quarantine

Based on your settings, Active protection and Antivirus scans can move blocked files to quarantine. Quarantine is a special storage that is used to isolate infected and suspected files from your computer and data. When you place an application file in quarantine, the risk of potential harmful actions from the blocked application is minimized.

By default, files are kept for 30 days in quarantine and then deleted from your PC. You can review the files in quarantine and decide whether to keep or delete them before that period expires. You can also change the default period to keep files in quarantine.

To restore or delete files from quarantine:

1. On the Protection dashboard, click Quarantine.
2. In the Quarantine list, select an item.
   • To return the item to its original location, click Restore.
   • To delete and item, click Delete from PC.
3. Click Close.

To setup the period for automatic deletion of files from the quarantine:

1. On the Protection dashboard, click Settings, and click the Advanced tab.
2. In the Quarantine section, locate the Delete quarantined items from this PC after spin-box, and select the number of days to keep items in quarantine.
3. Click OK.