Infection Blocked

Displays when:

The Infection Blocked message displays when real-time protection has stopped an infection from being opened, saved, or executed.

Instructions:

The Infection Blocked message displays to inform you that real-time protection blocked an infection from performing some action, such as saving itself or replicating its code. You can also view information about the infection.

 

Click OK to close the window or to close the current alert.

Note: Where several alerts show (for instance, one infection may also generate a Virus Intercepted message), you can click the Previous and Next arrows to view each of the alerts.

Where there is more than one alert, click OK to close the current alert or click Close all alerts to close the window.

 

How do I turn off "Infection Blocked" messages?

View information

Click Show details to show information about the detected virus. The following displays:

Turn off all notices

Select the Don't show these messages anymore check box to turn off future messages.

Note: Selecting this option turns of all Infection Blocked messages, not just the messages for the current infection.

Related topics:

Real-time protection

Virus Intercepted message

Real-time settings - Turn off display of messages