Scanning for viruses: 12 items detected but why is nothing quarantined? what does it mean?

Question

I'm running a manual scan of my computer using McFee security. so far it says 12 items detected but zero items quarantined. Could you explain what this means or potentially means?

thanks

Answer 1

if you don't quarantine them then they are still roaming your computer freely

Answer 2

it is still running ..as it will go into removing them at the end when finished ...as it may be set that u clcik remove when finished  

Answer 3

First try to review your settings for McAfee program... Sometimes there are antivirus program that automatically quarantine a file if it is a threat or infected, this means that the program is in default mode. But in your case as i remember when im still a mcafee user, as i scanned my computer all i need to do is review first all the details of files that has been detected. Then  i just right click a file that im going to quarantine or delete or restore....

That's all.... Hope you got something from me that will help you solve your problem... Good luck...

Answer 4

It means you didn't tell McAfee to quarantine the files. You can do that at the end of the scan.

Answer 5

this means u need a new antivirus program or you need to reset your computer get a new os=]

Answer 6

It means they are still there.Click on Mcaffe help,That will point you in the right direction.

Answer 7

If a threat isn't serious enough to cause any problems it won't quarantine it, just remove it.

Answer 8

It won't deal with them till it's finished scanning.

Answer 9

Probably just tracking cookies