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hopscotch
Hi --

this may be dumb, but... I recently reinstalled Adaware. A trojan the uninstalled version had recommended I quarantine (this seemed to take two tries, for some reason) no longer shows up in the log.

This makes sense, since the log would reset when I reinstalled.

But what happens to previously quarantined files when you do a delete/reinstall?

BTW, my new version hasn't detected any trojans or other malware.

Thanks!
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QUOTE(hopscotch @ Oct 10 2009, 08:45 AM) *
But what happens to previously quarantined files when you do a delete/reinstall?

I moved your post since this has nothing to do with False Positives. After reinstall, if the previously quarantined files are not in the quarantine list, chances are they're deleted/overwritten by the new installation.
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