| An available option in some
antivirus scanners that allows a user to move a virus infected file
to a location of the hard disk drive where it cannot infect other
files or be read by anything other than the antivirus scanner
program. Users concerned about the contents or data in the file
should quarantine the infected file so any important data has a
chance to be recovered.
A virus or infected data file may also need to be quarantined
if it cannot be removed or cleaned. In this case, the quarantine
file will be moved to where it cannot infect the rest of the
computer, protecting the system even though the file cannot be
cleaned or deleted.
Also see: Security
definitions, Virus
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