Where is the Avast Quarantine and how to free the necessary data from it

Where is Avast quarantine - a popular antivirus for Windows? Below, we'll look at how to access and isolate files that are isolated by an antivirus software. In particular, to release those that are in quarantine due to false triggering. But first let's talk about the features of this antivirus, which caused the formulation of such a question.

Constant interface change

Avast Antivirus is known because of a fairly long work in the software market. It appeared in 1995, when the niche market for security software for Windows is not so full of free offers, as it is now. Free, regularly updated, with a friendly interface - anti-virus "Avast" at one time competed with paid products, in particular, with antiviruses Kaspersky, Dr.Web, Nod32, not providing free updates. And naturally, being freely accessible to the masses, Avast was able to win its niche users. Free and usability have become the main chips of this product. However, in terms of usability "Avast" is not so simple.

Developers managed to create a recognizable "face" of their product only with the help of a logo.

The "Avast" has not been established with the years and recognizable brand interface. The interface of the antivirus was transformed from version to version. There was a new design, the organization was changing, experiments were conducted with the introduction of various functional modules. The constant change in the organization of the program for a long period of time on the software market partly also caused the emergence of numerous questions from users looking for the interface section where the Avast quarantine is located.

Avast Antivirus version

Further instructions on working with quarantine and other antivirus functionality are provided for its current version as of the date of this article - version 17.4 of 2017. Let us consider in detail how to solve the problem.

Searching for false positives in the antivirus notification center

All antiviruses are mistaken. None of them can be considered a standard in terms of the absence of false positives, including Avast Free. In quarantine, this antivirus sends out harmless files, by the way, more often than other protective products. Independent tests show that Avast has a rather high percentage of false positives. So if some file is no longer in the folder on the disk where it was before installing the antivirus, then the first thing to do is go to its notification center - whether there are any blocked objects in the file you are looking for.

This center stores notifications about all threats blocked during scanning or in the framework of proactive protection. The notification center can also be accessed when there are certain problems with Windows that may result from blocking the files necessary for the system to work.

Where is the Avast Quarantine?

Quarantine environment with isolated files, defined by Avast as a threat, is in the section "Protection", in the subsection "Antivirus".

There is a button for running quarantine in a separate window.

Operations with files in quarantine

In a separate window in the environment where the Avast Quarantine is located, isolated objects can be managed using the context menu that is invoked on each of them.

With the help of menu options, we can delete an object if it really is malware. If false positives occur, restore the isolated file or process by clicking the option, respectively, "Restore". But this option is suitable for occasional cases. If a file or a regularly running software process is quarantined, you need to press "Restore and add to the exceptions". In this case, the antivirus will leave the object alone and will not send it back to quarantine at the next scan.

Selecting the "Properties" option in the context menu on the quarantine object, we will get detailed information about the potential threat.

These properties of each of the potential threats can be used when you need to get help on the Internet.