Swisscom Security Quarantine

CM672 · May 18, 2020

Swisscom Security Quarantine

Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask how long the quarantine period for suspected malware is that Swisscom Internet Security uses for them. Hopefully someone knows an answer

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user109 · May 18, 2020

@CM672 As with all AV programs, the default quarantine settings are permanent. That’s why I assume that this is also the case with Swisscom.

cslu · May 18, 2020

Exactly.

You can’t really compare the “quarantine” of a virus scanner with a corona quarantine 😉

When a virus scanner sends a file to “quarantine”, this simply means that it renames it (so that it is no longer executable/openable) and moves it to a special, hidden folder.

These files then stay there forever - unless you explicitly tell the virus scanner to “release” the files again.

It may also be good to know that “computer viruses” are not infectious in the sense that their mere presence represents a threat. It only becomes dangerous when the files are opened.

(If you uninstall the virus scanner, the quarantine is usually deleted. Sometimes you are asked what should happen to the files during uninstallation.)