So you delete quarantined viruses from AntiVir
- Open the program "AntiVir".
- Go to the left in the menu bar under "administration" on the entry "quarantine".
- Click once with the left mouse button on the virus that you want to delete from the quarantine.
- Then click on the X icon and confirm the dialog box with "Yes". The Virus is now removed from your System.
- If you are sure that it is in an entry of a false alarm, you can select with the mouse and with a click on the arrow icon in the menu bar file connect to your place of origin again.
Virus delete from quarantine
Deleting a Virus from quarantine of AntiVir is safe?
- Once a Virus is in the quarantine of AntiVir, can not be opened the affected file from the System.
- If you delete a Virus from quarantine, this will not be released back to your System, but permanently from your hard drive removed. Caution: There is certainly Malware that can self-reproduce and can thus not be removed.
- Only if you are not sure whether the affected file is actually harmful or not, you should leave them in the quarantine are. Otherwise, you should delete the found viruses from the quarantine of AntiVir, so that the file disappears permanently from your hard disk.
- Scan your System after every deletion process, again for viruses to make sure that the Malware has not replicated.
The guide applies to Windows 7 as well as AntiVir in Version 14.0.4.642. What a Virus is and how it works, you will learn in this practical tip.
