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  Jul 18 2008, 11:09 AM
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The re branded f secure that my dsl provides found a piece of spy ware and suggested that I "quarantine" it. It gave me the option of changing the setting to "remove" it. Why the distinction? Why wouldn't one "remove" spy stuff? ----------------------- Thank you. |
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Jul 18 2008, 02:03 PM
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 Bleepin Elf Group: HJT Team Coach Posts: 607 Joined: 11-November 04 From: Missouri, USA Member No.: 4,912 |
The reason there's a quarantine option in most security scanners is to give you a way to fall back if the detection was a false positive. These programs are not fail proof. False positive can and do occur with every one of them. If a legitimate and/or necessary system file gets flagged as a threat and you remove it, there would be no way to get it back easily and could cause a lot of headaches. Hence it is safer to use Quarantine when you can. Set the files aside and purge the quarantine area after a while of using the computer with no problems. If there's a problem, quarantine should give you the option to restore the files to their original path.
Hope that helps you understand. Regards, -------------------- I amar prestar aen. Han mathon ne nen. Han mathon ne chae. A han noston ne 'wilith. - Galadriel
'The world is changed; I can feel it in the water, I can feel it in the earth, I can smell it in the air.' |
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Jul 18 2008, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 18-December 06 Member No.: 101,941 |
Galadriel:
Thank you. I get it. |
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Jul 18 2008, 05:24 PM
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Bleepin Elf Group: HJT Team Coach Posts: 607 Joined: 11-November 04 From: Missouri, USA Member No.: 4,912 |
Glad I was able to help.
 Best regards, -------------------- I amar prestar aen. Han mathon ne nen. Han mathon ne chae. A han noston ne 'wilith. - Galadriel
'The world is changed; I can feel it in the water, I can feel it in the earth, I can smell it in the air.' |
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