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Antivirus Quarantine |
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Functioning of many antivirus programs is based on detection of malicious software by using entries from antivirus bases. Hundreds of new viruses and their modifications are coming into being every day. So even if antivirus bases are updated periodically, there is still a probability to be infected by new malicious programs and computer viruses. What should be done if an antivirus program has detected a file as a virus, but can’t cure it for some reasons, or according to a heuristic analyzer a file is potentially dangerous? If the file contains important data or you have some doubt in its safety, than the best solution is to save a copy of the file to an antivirus quarantine when scanning it. Antivirus quarantine is a special storage for infected or suspicious files.The files are stored in a special format and can’t be executed in the ordinary way, that guarantees safety of your computer.
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