Quaratine folder

[richard]

I have a folder called Quarantine. In it are about 25 files with the
extendsion "vir." Most of the files have names like AOO72720.exe.vir.
Also, a few "dll's" and Adobeupdatemanager and Adobedownloadmanager" and
a few other files.

If these are files infected with viruses, I am confused. Some of these
files have dates extending from 2001-06. I only bought the computer a
year ago.

I use McAffee Anti Virus, and it has never reported finding a virus. So,
where did all these files come from? Would On-Access Scan put them in
this Quarantine folder?

 

[Tom Willett]

Wouldn't this be a great question to ask McAfee?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Most virus software I've used default to Quarantine rather than what I
prefer; Delete.
Check your McAfee setup.


|I have a folder called Quarantine. In it are about 25 files with the
| extendsion "vir." Most of the files have names like AOO72720.exe.vir.
| Also, a few "dll's" and Adobeupdatemanager and Adobedownloadmanager" and
| a few other files.
|
| If these are files infected with viruses, I am confused. Some of these
| files have dates extending from 2001-06. I only bought the computer a
| year ago.
|
| I use McAffee Anti Virus, and it has never reported finding a virus. So,
| where did all these files come from? Would On-Access Scan put them in
| this Quarantine folder?

 

[philo]

I have a folder called Quarantine. In it are about 25 files with the
extendsion "vir." Most of the files have names like AOO72720.exe.vir.
Also, a few "dll's" and Adobeupdatemanager and Adobedownloadmanager" and
a few other files.

<snip>

Yep...I'd delete the whole mess...
they are more than likely viruses

 

[FeMaster]

The only reason for the quarantine is in the case of a false positive. It
happens more often than you think. It allows you the ability to restore the
file in case of a false positive. Another possibility is that if it's an
important file that had somehow become infected, you may later on gain the
ability to repair it, should that become an option through a later update of
your virus definitions and/or antivirus software.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I can't remember that ever happening to me, so after a years of
Quarantining, what always was a virus...I now delete.


| The only reason for the quarantine is in the case of a false positive. It
| happens more often than you think. It allows you the ability to restore
the
| file in case of a false positive. Another possibility is that if it's an
| important file that had somehow become infected, you may later on gain the
| ability to repair it, should that become an option through a later update
of
| your virus definitions and/or antivirus software.
|
|
| | > Most virus software I've used default to Quarantine rather than what I
| > prefer; Delete.
| > Check your McAfee setup.
| >
| >
| > | > |I have a folder called Quarantine. In it are about 25 files with the
| > | extendsion "vir." Most of the files have names like AOO72720.exe.vir.
| > | Also, a few "dll's" and Adobeupdatemanager and Adobedownloadmanager"
and
| > | a few other files.
| > |
| > | If these are files infected with viruses, I am confused. Some of these
| > | files have dates extending from 2001-06. I only bought the computer a
| > | year ago.
| > |
| > | I use McAffee Anti Virus, and it has never reported finding a virus.
So,
| > | where did all these files come from? Would On-Access Scan put them in
| > | this Quarantine folder?
| >
| >
|
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