Quaratine Question

I am using NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0.437.0 on a Windows XP Home SP3 machine.

It is my understanding that when Eset detects a virus, it puts the infected file into in Quarantine. Does this mean that the file is no longer usable by Windows, etc.?

Is there a way to delete the files in Quarantine? Today I clicked on a couple of links in a Phishing email and several viruses entered my computer. I now have 97 items in Quarantine.

Thanks for your help!

 

Hello Bill

Here's the answer to your question


http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2150

 

Hi CD2 - thanks very much for your reply and your answer. One more question please. When ESET detects a virus or threat and places the file into quarantine (a backup file as the ESET website says) is the infected file fixed or it is made un-usable? If a critical Windows file is infected does Windows continue to work?

Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it! Have a great week.

 

System files are not quarantined automatically just for the reason you've mentioned. It's up to the user to choose the desired action in such case.