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If viruses are gone from computer when they are quarantined
CandaceK


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How do i know if viruses that are quarantined during a scan are healed or is there something else I have to do to make sure that they are gone
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alch
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quarantining moves the file to a location where it would not be found by any references to it and hence rendering it safe. We suggest you review the files in quarantine and permanently delete them.
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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You can also do another quick ClamWin scan of the directory where the infected file was located to make sure there isn't a "control" that keeps putting another copy of the virus back. You see this sometimes with the autorun worms on removable drives.

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viruses moved to quarantine file
CandaceK


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Where exactly would I find the quarantine file so that I could delete it.
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alch
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the quarantine folder is specified in clamwin settings-file locations tab
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