Re: quarantined files

From: Phil Weldon (notdisclosed_at_example.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:50:49 GMT

If you mean file 'quarantined by your antivirus software, delete them. You
will likely need to use your antivirus program to do the deletion because
'quarantine' prevents your operating system from accessing the files, so a
delete from Windows Explorer will not work. 

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"ana" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me what to do with quarantined files?

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