Quarantine

Powertech Antivirus for IBM i provides a secured area where infected files are moved to and out of harm's way. When a file has been quarantined, the file has not been deleted but access to the file is prevented. The infected file is moved to the '/Quarantined' directory.

Setup

Powertech Antivirus for IBM i automatically builds the path for the infected file inside the '/Quarantined' directory. For example, if an infected file is found in '/home/docs/mydoc.doc', then the infected file is moved to '/Quarantined/home/docs/mydoc.doc'. No setup is necessary.

Managing

You can view the files in the quarantine directory using the command WRKLNK '/Quarantined/*', or Option 12 from the Main Menu.

Troubleshooting

If for some (rare) reason you need to unlock an infected file, disable on-access scanning using the command AVCHGA ACCESS(*NONE), then run CHGATR OBJ('/home/mike/myfile.exe') ATR(*SCAN) VALUE(*NO). That will turn off scanning of the file and allow the file to be opened. Contact Fortra Technical Support, if needed.

Recommendations

If you want to delete a folder in 'Quarantined', use 2 to change, then 9 to 'Recursive delete'