Items that are detected as threats,
when compared to the existing DAT file, are cleaned or deleted. Plus, a copy of
the item is converted to a non-executable format and saved in the Quarantine
folder. This allows you to perform the following processes on the quarantined
items after downloading a later version of the DAT, that possibly contains
cleaner information:
Note: Quarantined items can include multiple objects. Objects include
files, cookies, registries, or anything
VirusScan Enterprise
scans for malware.
Use the information in the following section to configure the
quarantine policy, or accept the defaults, and examining the quarantined items,
if needed.
To access the
Quarantined properties:
For option descriptions, click ? or
Help on each tab.
- Refer to the section,
Accessing the policy configuration interface to display the
Quarantined configuration page.
- From the
Quarantined page, accept the default
quarantine directory, or select a different directory.
- To configure the days
quarantined items are saved, click
Automatically delete quarantined data after the
specified number of days and type the
Number of days to keep backed-up data in the quarantine
directory.
To access the quarantined items.
- From the
VirusScan Console
Task list, click
Quarantine Manager Policy and the Quarantine
Manager Policy dialog box appears.
- Click the
Manager tab, and right-click an item to
access the following advanced options:
- A dialog box appears and
describes the affect of your attempt.
From the
ePolicy Orchestrator console, use the
Restore from Quarantine client task to restore
quarantined items.