Quarantine And Backup Storage; Storage Setup - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.0 - FOR WINDOWS WORKSTATIONS Administrator's Manual

Application management using the local interface

5.10.1. Quarantine and Backup storage

Kaspersky Anti-Virus gives users the option of isolating suspicious objects in
quarantine or saving backup copies of infected objects in the backup storage
prior to their disinfection or removal.
When a suspicious object is detected, the application isolates it in a quarantine
directory, where the object can be rescanned, deleted, restored or sent to
Kaspersky Lab for analysis.
The application creates a backup copy upon object detection before the first
attempt of its disinfection or removal. This copy is saved to a backup directory,
from which the object may be restored later if it contains valuable data.

5.10.1.1. Storage setup

In order to review or modify the settings for quarantine or backup
storage,
use the
Settings tab.
You can define the parameters for both storage directories using the tabs of the
Quarantine and backup storage settings window.
In the window that will open (see Figure 49) edit the following settings for the
quarantine and the backup storage on the corresponding tabs:
Delete objects stored longer than (days): By the maximum period for
storage files in the quarantine is not restricted (the box is not checked).
You can restrict the storage period by checking this box and specifying
the required number of days in the entry field (the default suggested
value is 90 days).
Maximum size (MB): By default the maximum quarantine size is not
restricted (the box is not checked). If you would like to restrict the
maximum total size of files located in the storage, check this box and
enter the required value to specify the maximum size (the default value
is 100 MB). Select the action that Kaspersky Anti-Virus will perform in
case of the storage overfill:
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Configure Quarantine & Backup
Notify user –a notification with a prompt to select further actions
will be displayed when the quarantine overfill occurs.
Remove oldest objects – delete files that had been quarantined
at earlier dates compared to other quarantined files.
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