Windows 10: threat quarantine confusion

Discus and support threat quarantine confusion in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; First of all my PC had been attacked by malware after downloading a file and now I have removed the file and activated windows defender real time... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Ahsan_723, May 21, 2019.

  1. AHSAN_723
    Ahsan_723 Win User

    threat quarantine confusion


    First of all my PC had been attacked by malware after downloading a file and now I have removed the file and activated windows defender real time protection after performing an advanced offline scan. Some days later I downloaded a free version of malwarebytes. Now I have performed scan with both the antivirus. Although windows defender did not show any threats but malwarebytes showed 94 threats. Now what should I do? Will I Quarantine the threats using malwarebytes or do nothing depending on reports of windows defender? I am not sure about the files and don't know about the role of the files. Please help me in this regard.

    :)
     
    Ahsan_723, May 21, 2019
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  2. CRAWDADDY1999
    Crawdaddy1999 Win User

    Windows Defender is missing Restore Button for Quarantined Threats

    It wasn't listed under "Quarantined Threats", but was listed in "See full history" as quarantined. It has been about 2 hours
    and now it is listed under "Quarantined Threats" which now shows the Restore or Delete options. Something must be causing
    a delay in listing the quarantined file under "Quarantined Threats" after they have been found and quarantined by Defender.
     
    Crawdaddy1999, May 21, 2019
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  3. GREGINMICH
    GreginMich Win User
    quarantined threats

    In the Windows Defender Security Center, the Quarantined Threats list on the Scan History page corresponds to the Quarantined Items page in the classic UI, and that list will display any items that have actually been quarantined,
    as well as provide the options to remove or restore any of those items – as we can see in this screenshot:


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    You can either click on the Remove all button or click on a down arrow in order to display the option buttons for an individual threat. But remember that the recommended action can sometimes be wrong when a harmless file is quarantined
    by mistake (a false positive), and that's the reason why threats are quarantined rather than removed automatically. The items in the Quarantine could be safely left there indefinitely; but they'll be automatically removed after 90 days, by default.

    The number of days that the item is kept in the Quarantine can be reconfigured with this preference setting:

    -QuarantinePurgeItemsAfterDelay

    Specifies the number of days to keep items in the Quarantine folder. If you specify a value of zero for this parameter, items stay in the Quarantine folder indefinitely.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/defender/set-mppreference?view=win10-ps

    For example, to have quarantined items automatically removed after just a week, run this command at the Administrator PowerShell prompt:

    Set-MpPreference -QuarantinePurgeItemsAfterDelay 7
     
    GreginMich, May 21, 2019
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  4. DARRELLBENZ
    DarrellBenz Win User

    threat quarantine confusion

    quarantined threats

    I have 4 quarantined threats , when I view history it does not give me the option of removal or restore Defender has caught and guaranteed the same threat 4 times in a two week period .

    file: C:\Users\Darrell\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\Cache\07HDD329\FlashPlayer[1].hta

    any suggestions ?
     
    DarrellBenz, May 21, 2019
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