Working with quarantined objects

Quarantine of Kaspersky Anti-Virus allows you to perform the following operations:

  • quarantine the files that you suspect of being infected;
  • scan and disinfect all potentially infected quarantined objects using the current Kaspersky Anti-Virus database;
  • restore files to a specified folder to source folders from which they were moved to quarantine (by default);
  • delete any quarantined object or group of objects;
  • send quarantined objects to Kaspersky Lab for analysis.

You can move an object to Quarantine using one of the two methods:

  • using the Move to Quarantine link in the Protection state window;
  • using the context menu of the object.

To move an object to Quarantine from the Protection state window:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the main window to open the Protection state window on the Detected threats tab.
  3. Click the Move to Quarantine link located over the list of threats.
  4. In the window that opens, select the object that you want to move to Quarantine.

To move an object to Quarantine using the context menu:

  1. Open Microsoft Windows Explorer and go to the folder with the object that you want to move to Quarantine.
  2. Right-click to open the context menu of the object and select Move to Quarantine.

To scan a quarantined object:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the window and open the quarantine window.
  3. In the window that opens, on the Detected threats tab select the object that needs to be scanned.
  4. Right-click the required files to open the context menu and select Scan.

To disinfect all quarantined objects:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the window and open the quarantine window.
  3. In the window that opens, on the Detected threats tab click the Disinfect all button.

To restore a quarantined object:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the window and open the quarantine window.
  3. In the window that opens, on the Detected threats tab select the object that needs to be restored.
  4. Right-click the required files to open the context menu and select Restore.

To remove quarantined objects:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the window and open the quarantine window.
  3. In the window that opens, on the Detected threats tab select the object that needs to be removed.
  4. Right-click the required object to open the context menu and select Delete from the list.

To send a quarantined object to Kaspersky Lab for analysis:

  1. Open the main application window.
  2. Click the Quarantine link in the top part of the window and open the quarantine window.
  3. In the window that opens, on the Detected threats tab select the object that needs to be sent for analysis.
  4. Right-click the required object to open the context menu and select Send.

Working with quarantined objects