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From: FromTheRafters on 3 Apr 2010 20:14
"Buffalo" <Eric(a)nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca>
>>
>>> Hello, FromTheRafters!
>>
>>> You wrote on Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:14:21 -0400:
>>
>>> |
>>>> You could submit the suspect file to virustotal.com, jotti.org, or
>>>> virscan.org to see what other antimalware engines have to say.
>>
>>
>>> Yep, could be positive-negative.. delete it to be /sure/ though.
>>
>> No, quarantine not delete.
> BTW. what does quarantining actually do? Just change the extension or
> ?
> Buffalo

That varies from program to program. Some will encrypt and store (some
may do this anyway even when "delete" is the selected option).


From: Buffalo on 3 Apr 2010 21:25


David H. Lipman wrote:
[snip]
>
>>> No, quarantine not delete.
>> BTW. what does quarantining actually do? Just change the extension
>> or ?
>>Buffalo
>
>
> It depends on the software but it ususlly envloves placing the
> suspect file in an encrypted "container" such that it is not
> accessible by any other software or process other than the anti virus
> application iself.
>
> It is akin to locking a patient with Bubanic Plague in a hospital
> isolation room/ward.

Thanks for explaining it in a way that even I can comprehend.
Buffalo :)
PS: Is that akin into changing it's extension to something that only that AV
program will recognize?


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