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deleting infected files in quarantine

by jesusbaby / January 16, 2006 5:30 PM PST

Hi, I'm using AVG anti-virus but this concerns any anti-virus. After running a scan & if a virus is detected, it sometimes puts it in guarantine, or virus vault; how do you know if you can delete it? Some files are system 32 & I know they are needed. I've read the help section on avg, or even norton but not finding the answer.
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by R. Proffitt Forum moderator / January 16, 2006 9:55 PM PST

In reply to: deleting infected files in quarantine

You may have better responses in the Virus and ... since the files are in the virus vault, they can't be used by the OS or the virus/pest.

To empty the vault is to open the vault (you see the vaults) select one and press delete or some button. Sorry but I won't supply a step by step. It's intuitive and you should try it.

Bob

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