Quarantine

The Quarantine component of Dr.Web serves for isolation of files that are suspected to be malicious. Quarantine also stores backup copies of files processed by Dr.Web.

Folders of Quarantine are created separately on each logical drive where suspicious files are found, that is, if a suspicious object is detected at a portable data carrier accessible for writing, the Quarantine folder is also created on the data carrier. Infected objects are moved to appropriate folders and then the quarantined files located on hard drives are encrypted. The use of separate folders and omission of encryption on portable data carriers prevents possible data loss.

To open this window

Click the SpIDer Agent icon in the notification area, select Tools, and then select Quarantine.

For details on a certain option, click a corresponding item in the picture

The central table lists the following information on quarantined objects that are available to you:

•	Name – name of the quarantined object

•	Threat – malware class of the object, which is assigned by Dr.Web when the object is quarantined

•	Path – full path to the object before it was quarantined

The bottom pane of the window displays detailed information about the selected objects. You can also display this information in the table.

To configure table view

1.	Right-click the header of the table and select Customize columns.

2.	In the opened window, set the checkboxes next to those items that you want to display in the table, or clear the checkboxes next to those items that you want to hide. You can also do one of the following:

•	To select checkboxes for all items, click Check all.

•	To clear all checkboxes, click Uncheck all.

3.	To change position of a column in the table, select the column in the list and do one of the following:

•	To move the column one position to the left, click Move up.

•	To move the column one position to the right, click Move down.

4.	After editing, click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel them.

The left pane displays the number of quarantined objects of each type and serves to filter quarantined objects. Click the corresponding link to display objects of interest only.

Quarantine displays objects which can be accessed by your user account.

To view hidden objects, open the Dr.Web installation folder and run the dwqrui.exe file under a more privileged account, or run Dr.Web under an administrative account.

You can use the following options to manage selected objects:

Option	Description
Add	Allows you to add any object to the quarantine using the standard dialog window.
Restore	Removes the selected objects from the quarantine and restores them to their original location (the folder where the object had resided before it was moved to the quarantine). To restore the file to another location, click the arrow on the button and select Restore to. Use this option only when you are sure that the selected objects are not harmful.
Rescan	Scans the selected object one more time.
Delete	Deletes the selected objects from the quarantine and from the system.
Submit file(s) to Doctor Web Laboratory	Send file(s) to Doctor Web Virus Laboratory for checking.

To display information or manage several objects simultaneously, select them while holding Shift or CTRL, then right-click anywhere in the table and select a necessary action.

To configure Quarantine

1.	Click Settings .

2.	In the Quarantine settings window, you can change the following parameters:

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The Set quarantine size section allows you to configure the amount of disk space for Quarantine folder. Move the slider to change upper allowance of Quarantine size, which is counting as percentage of total disk space (for several logical drives, this size counts for every drive which include the Quarantine folder). The 100% value means unlimited Quarantine folder size.

•	In the View section, set the Show backup files flag to display backup copies of Quarantine files in the object's table.

3.	After editing, click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel them.