Leave Files That Are Infected By Security Risks In The Quarantine; Delete Files That Are Infected By Viruses In The Quarantine; Delete Files That Are Infected By Security Risks In The Quarantine - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Client Manual

78 What to do if a virus or security risk is found
About the Quarantine

Leave files that are infected by security risks in the Quarantine

Delete files that are infected by viruses in the Quarantine

Delete files that are infected by security risks in the Quarantine

You can leave files that are quarantined because of security risks in the
Quarantine or you can delete them. You should leave them in the Quarantine
until you are sure that the applications on your computer have not lost any
functionality.
If you delete a file in Quarantine, Symantec AntiVirus permanently deletes it
from your computer's hard disk.
Deleting a file that is infected by a virus reduces the threat that a virus might
spread by removing the file (and thus the virus) from your computer. Deleting
the infected file is useful for file viruses and macro viruses.
Because viruses can damage parts of a file, deleting the infected file and
replacing it with a clean backup file may be better than cleaning the infected
file.
You can perform this action manually after an infected file has been moved into
the Quarantine. Deleting the infected file in the Quarantine would be a useful
way to remove a virus from a disposable file that was unable to be cleaned.
Warning: Use this option only if you have clean backups of files that you've
decided to scan. You should not use this as a primary action for files that are
scanned during Auto-Protect or scheduled scans.
If you delete files that are associated with a security risk, an application on your
computer might not function properly if the application depends on the
associated files that you deleted. Quarantine is a safer option because it is
reversible. You can restore the files if any of the applications on your computer
lose functionality after you quarantine the dependent program files.
Note: Once you have run the application that was associated with the security
risk and are sure that there is no loss of functionality, you might want to delete
the files to save disk space.