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By clicking a given application at the bottom, the following information will appear at the bottom of the window:
File – Location of an application on your computer.
File size – File size in B (bytes).
File description – File characteristics based on the description from the operating system.
Company name – Name of the vendor or application process.
File version – Information from the application publisher.
Product name – Application name and/or business name.
NOTE: Reputation can also be checked on files that do not act as running programs/processes – mark files you want to
check, right-click on them and select Advanced options > Check File Reputation using ESET Live Grid.
4.4.8 Quarantine
The main function of the quarantine is to safely store infected files. Files should be quarantined if they cannot be
cleaned, if it is not safe or advisable to delete them or if they are being falsely detected by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
You can choose to quarantine any file. This is advisable if a file behaves suspiciously but is not detected by the antivirus
scanner. Quarantined files can be submitted for analysis to ESET’s Virus Lab.
Files stored in the quarantine folder can be viewed in a table which displays the date and time of quarantine, the path to
the original location of the infected file, its size in bytes, reason (for example, object added by user), and number of
threats (for example, if it is an archive containing multiple infiltrations).
Quarantining files
ESET NOD32 Antivirus automatically quarantines deleted files (if you have not canceled this option in the alert window).
If desired, you can quarantine any suspicious file manually by clicking Quarantine... If this is the case, the original file
will not be removed from its original location. The context menu can also be used for this purpose; right-click in the