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6. Quarantine and Logs<br />
6.1 Quarantine<br />
Quarantine and Logs<br />
Detected viruses, malware or unwanted programs are stored in the quarantine directory.<br />
Files cannot be added manually to the quarantine directory. Once a file is sent to<br />
quarantine it cannot be executed as long as it resides in quarantine.<br />
The Quarantine tab<br />
To open the quarantine manager, click Quarantine & Logs in the sidebar.<br />
Click the Quarantine tab to open the quarantine manager.<br />
The detected malware is displayed in a table, listed by Date, Virus and Filename.<br />
The latest detections are placed at the bottom of the table.<br />
To select an item, click the appropriate checkbox.<br />
To view detailed information, double-click the file.<br />
The displayed Quarantine details are the following:<br />
Original file name: The original name and place of the file, for example a file in the<br />
Downloads folder.<br />
Quarantine file name: The file is packaged into a special format (*.qua) and moved<br />
to the Quarantine directory on your hard disk, so that direct access is no longer<br />
possible. Files can be restored, rescanned, deleted or sent to <strong>Avira</strong>, if necessary.<br />
Date: The time and day, the malware was detected and added to the quarantine.<br />
Whether this kind of malware was already sent to <strong>Avira</strong> or not.<br />
Detection version: The version of the virus definition file.<br />
Engine version: The version of the anti-virus engine.<br />
Additional info: ---<br />
In addition, the Malware table displays more information about the quarantined file. In<br />
order to see the complete URL, you may resize the column width by dragging the<br />
column header line to the left or to the right. For further adjustments of the display,<br />
use the slider at the bottom of the table.<br />
Name: The name of the detected malware.<br />
Type: The assumed type of the malware, as viruses or unwanted programs.<br />
URL: The source of the detection.<br />
Click the red close button in the title bar or click OK to close the Quarantine details<br />
information window.<br />
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