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Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer

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Total Protection Service User Guide Total Protection Service User Guide Managing potentially unwanted program detections „ Quarantined: The item could not be cleaned. The original item was deleted and a copy was placed in a quarantine folder in a binary proprietary format. If the item was a program, all associated cookies and registry keys were also deleted. Items are placed into the quarantine folder in a format that is no longer a threat to your server. These items are deleted after 30 days. You can manage these items using the Note Quarantine Viewer (see Managing quarantined files). „ Delete failed: The item could not be cleaned or deleted. If it is in use, close it and attempt the clean again. If it resides on read-only media, such as CD, no further action is required. Total Protection Service has prevented the original item from accessing your server, but it cannot delete the item. Any items copied to your system have been cleaned. If you are not sure why the item could not be cleaned, a risk might still exist. Note 4 Click OK to close the dialog box. At the start of an on-demand scan, previous detections of potentially unwanted programs are cleared from the Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer. For on-access Note scans, previous detections remain in the Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer, and new detections are appended to the existing list. To display a list of approved programs excluded from spyware scans: 1 In the Common Tasks area of the Total Protection Service console, select Manage PUP Detections. 2 In the Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer, click Approved. 14

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Total Protection Service User Guide
Total Protection Service User Guide
Managing potentially unwanted program detections
Quarantined
: The item could not be cleaned. The original item was deleted and a
copy was placed in a quarantine folder in a binary proprietary format. If the item
was a program, all associated cookies and registry keys were also deleted.
Delete failed
: The item could not be cleaned or deleted. If it is in use, close it and
attempt the clean again. If it resides on read-only media, such as CD, no further
action is required. Total Protection Service has prevented the original item from
accessing your server, but it cannot delete the item. Any items copied to your
system have been cleaned.
4
Click
OK
to close the dialog box.
To display a list of approved programs excluded from spyware scans:
1
In the
Common Tasks
area of the Total Protection Service console, select
Manage PUP
Detections
.
2
In the
Potentially Unwanted Programs Viewer
, click
Approved
.
Note
Items are placed into the quarantine folder in a format that is no longer a threat to your
server. These items are deleted after 30 days. You can manage these items using the
Quarantine Viewer
(see
Managing quarantined files
).
Note
If you are not sure why the item could not be cleaned, a risk might still exist.
Note
At the start of an on-demand scan, previous detections of potentially unwanted
programs are cleared from the
Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer
. For on-access
scans, previous detections remain in the
Potentially Unwanted Program Viewer
, and new
detections are appended to the existing list.