When an Antivirus software make a quarantine of virus, it usually renamed the dll/executable file (virus) to another extension or new filename and move it over to another folder where users normally would not access.
As long as the malicious codes is not being loaded and executed in your cleaned system, the file is safe to be stored as long you like (usually for post-analysis where u can upload the file to the Antivirus analyst). There's usually an option for you to purge the quarantined viruses off your hard disk from the user interface of your Antivirus software. You may need to refer to your software manual/help for that.
da3shou3
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February 10th, 2009 00:00
When an Antivirus software make a quarantine of virus, it usually renamed the dll/executable file (virus) to another extension or new filename and move it over to another folder where users normally would not access.
As long as the malicious codes is not being loaded and executed in your cleaned system, the file is safe to be stored as long you like (usually for post-analysis where u can upload the file to the Antivirus analyst). There's usually an option for you to purge the quarantined viruses off your hard disk from the user interface of your Antivirus software. You may need to refer to your software manual/help for that.
Hope this helps.
mharlou
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February 11th, 2009 07:00
Thank's for the advice da3ahou3.....
Regards,
Mharlou