For some reason Clam will labeled some of my .dll files as infected and quarantined them. I need to restore them. Unfortunately, I feel like it also wiped out my system restore point in Windows for some reason. This worked last time but as of this time I see its only restore point is after a scheduled scan took place of my C: drive with Clamwin.

Can I get my files out of quarantine? I'm at a loss where they would belong.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this. This is an older computer at its DVD drive is not working well, so it'd be nice if I didn't have to resort to reinstalling software

If you didn't choose to get a detailed scan report after the scan that would let you see where the quarantined file was located, your best bet is to check with someone who has the same file--perhaps you can find out where it belongs that way. Another way might be to do a search for the filename.extension on the web--that might turn up something that will help. Finally, as a last resort, you might try running all your regular programs and see if one doesn't work like it should--you might get a missing file message, or the file directory of the main program might be might be where it belongs.

If Windows is working okay for you, the file is probably not a system file; besides, ClamWin now has quarantine protection (Vista/Win 7) for Windows files.

Regards,

I had no trouble finding the files. They just have the term "infected" added on to its extension. If I just delete the "infected" and put them where they belong are they restored? Kind of seems silly to quarantine them and not be able to recover them, just seems to defeat the purpose. I really need to know how to restore them.

Yes, all you need to do is take the "infected" out of the name--it was on Bluetooth, I forgot that. ClamWin does not "mangle" quarantined files like some AVs. Anyway, Clam AV does not place much importance on restoring files, as it is designed for Linux email gateways, and ClamWin is a derivative of Clam that adds a graphical interface for Windows users. Perhaps restoration will be given more importance in the new version of ClamWin that is being developed. The protection for Windows false positives was a good improvement.

Regards,