In the scanner settings, there is an option to process infected and incurable files — Move to quarantine. Does this mean that such files are moved to some location within my computer? In other words, does this mean that my computer is still infected with a virus?
In respect to infected and incurable objects, the Move action does the following: The file is moved to a special quarantine folder. Furthermore, once moved, the file loses its extension. The virus is literally disarmed and rendered non-operational and, therefore, harmless. Later, you can open the Quarantine Manager and delete the files if you do not need them.
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