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w An administrator password is required to perform
actions on files in Quarantine.
To repair, delete or restore a file in Quarantine
1 Open Norton AntiVirus.
2 On the Tools menu, click Quarantine.
3 If the buttons in the Quarantine window are dimmed,
click the lock icon and type an administrator name
and password.
4 In the Quarantine window, select the file you want to
take action on. Your options are:
Looking up virus names and definitions
You can look up a virus name from within Norton
AntiVirus. The Virus Definitions Info window lists the
viruses in the current virus definitions file. You can
export the list to a text file. You can also search the list
for a specific virus. To make sure you have the latest
virus definitions, run LiveUpdate.
To look up virus names
1 On the Tools menu, click Virus Info.
2 Type the name or part of the name of the virus.
Repair Use Repair if you want to try to repair a quarantined file
because the file contains information that you want to
keep. Use this action if you have received new virus
definitions since the file was added to Quarantine. New
virus definitions may be able to repair a file that
couldn’t previously be repaired.
Delete If you don’t need the contents of the file in Quarantine,
you can permanently remove it from your computer by
clicking the Delete button.
Restore If you’re sure the file in Quarantine does not contain a
virus, you can move the file back to its original location
on your computer by clicking the Restore button.
Restoring a file does not repair it.