Working with the quarantine-manager

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Moving objects into quaratine..

Quarantine-files are used to isolate and backup items detected during the scan, giving you an option to reinstall them at a later time.
Items moved to the quarantine folder will be encrypted and compressed, and can only be read and restored using the built in quarantine-manager.
Any of the objects from the Ad-aware result list can be quarantined, including registry keys, values, data as well as files and folders.

You can quarantine a particular system by selecting all objects belonging to the associated Vendor using the "Quarantine selection" option from the Result-list pop up menu.Eventually enter a name for the archive and click "ok" to create it.

Note: For details about the result-list menu features, see "Scan results"

You can create as many quarantine-files as you desire.For each quarantine-file created, a log will be created and merged to the archive.

The quarantine-log can be viewed from within the quarantine-manager by either double-clicking on the quarantine-file or selecting it and
clicking the "Contains" button.

Quarantine Objects (backups) screen options
You can edit the quarantine-list either by using the right-click pop-up menu, or by the three buttons below the list.
The three lower buttons have the following functions :

	·	Contains - Displays the quarantine log, containing the names of all of the objects included in the archive.
	·	Delete - Deletes the selected archive.
	·	Restore - Reinstalls the content from the selected archive to their original location prior to deletion.

Note : double-click on an archive in the list to view its quarantine-log

Each item in the list features four parameters which are :

	·	File name - Date, and quarantine #. Quarantine-archives are saved with the .bckp extension.
	·	Size - Total size of the all objects within the quarantine-archive.
	·	Creation Date - Month, day, and year on which the quarantine-archive was created.
	·	Objects Total - Total number of objects within the quarantine-archive.

The total amount of all quarantined objects is shown on the Ad-aware status screen.
If you reset your usage stastics, your quarantine-archives will not be deleted.

Right click in the quarantine-list to open the quarantine-list menu.
The following options are available:

	·	Item details - Displays the quarantine log, containing the names of all of the objects included in the archive.
	·	Reinstall - Reinstalls the content from the selected archive to their original location prior to deletion.
	·	Delete archive - Deletes the selected archive.
	·	Delete all archives - Deletes all quarantine-archives at once.
	·	Help - Opens the Ad-aware 6 user manual.

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Working with the quarantine-manager:

	1. Creating quarantine-archives automatically (Auto-backup)

	Open Ad-aware,
	Click the "Settings" quick launch button at the top right of the interface,
	Click "General",
	Check "Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal",
	Click "Proceed".
	Note: An automatically created archive will contain a remark in the file-name, and the time and date when it has been created.

	2. Creating quarantine-archives manually

	When the Ad-aware scan is complete;
	Select the items you wish to quarantine,
	Click "Quarantine",
	Enter a filename for the archive,
	Click "OK".

	3. Viewing all of the items within a quarantine-archive

	To view all entries within individual quarantined items, open the quarantine manager from the "Status" screen.
	Click "Status",
	Click on "View quarantined objects".
	To return to the status-screen, click 'Status'.

	4. Reinstalling/restoring quarantined-objects

	If you wish to re-install components you previously removed using Ad-aware, open the quarantine manager from the
	'Status' screen.
	Click 'Status',
	Click on 'View quarantined objects'.
	Click on the item in the list that you want to restore,
	Click 'Contains' to verify that the selected item is the desired item to restore,
	Click 'Restore',
	Click 'OK'.
	To return to the status-screen, click 'Status'.

	5. Deleting quarantine-archives

	To delete quarantined items, open the quarantine manager from the 'Status' screen.
	Click 'Status',
	Click on 'View quarantined objects'.
	Click 'Contains' to verify that the selected item is the desired item for deletion,
	Click 'Delete',
	Click 'OK'.
	To return to the status-screen, click 'Status'.