File Quarantine Settings

Define the settings for files that are quarantined.

In the Default File Quarantine Settings, files are kept in quarantine for 90 days and users can permanently delete items from quarantine.

You can edit the Quarantine settings:

• Click Add exclusion to exclude a file or process from quarantine. You can define an exclusion by many different criteria. Criteria include: File extension, certificate data, MD5 hash, and SHA1 hash. Add more information to make the exclusion very specific and less information to make it broad.
• Keep file in quarantine for - Select the number of days that files are kept in quarantine before they are permanently deleted.
• Quarantine folder name - Select the quarantine location on client computers.
• Copy quarantine files to a central location - Enter a central location that quarantined files from client computers are copied to.
• Allow users to delete items from quarantine - When selected, users can permanently delete items from the quarantine file on their computers.
• Allow users to restore items from quarantine - When selected, users can restore items from the quarantine file on their computers.