Symantec 10 manual Looking up virus names and definitions, To look up virus names

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Responding to emergencies

Looking up virus names and definitions

wAn administrator password is required to perform actions on files in Quarantine.

To repair, delete or restore a file in Quarantine 1 Open Norton AntiVirus.

2 On the Tools menu, click Quarantine.

3 If the buttons in the Quarantine window are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.

4 In the Quarantine window, select the file you want to take action on. Your options are:

Repair	Use Repair if you want to try to repair a quarantined file
	because the file contains information that you want to
	keep. Use this action if you have received new virus
	definitions since the file was added to Quarantine. New
	virus definitions may be able to repair a file that
	couldn’t previously be repaired.
Delete	If you don’t need the contents of the file in Quarantine,
	you can permanently remove it from your computer by
	clicking the Delete button.
Restore	If you’re sure the file in Quarantine does not contain a
	virus, you can move the file back to its original location
	on your computer by clicking the Restore button.
	Restoring a file does not repair it.

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Looking up virus names and definitions

You can look up a virus name from within Norton AntiVirus. The Virus Definitions Info window lists the viruses in the current virus definitions file. You can export the list to a text file. You can also search the list for a specific virus. To make sure you have the latest virus definitions, run LiveUpdate.

To look up virus names

1On the Tools menu, click Virus Info.

2Type the name or part of the name of the virus.

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