Quarantined files

When Webroot quarantines a file, it encrypts it so that the file is rendered useless. This prevents that file from doing any further harm to your system.

If you uninstall Webroot from a system, it will purge the quarantine contents and that previously-quarantined file can no longer be restored on the machine.

LLiddell wrote:

When Webroot quarantines a file, it encrypts it so that the file is rendered useless. This prevents that file from doing any further harm to your system.

If you uninstall Webroot from a system, it will purge the quarantine contents and that previously-quarantined file can no longer be restored on the machine.

Thank you Lara!! 😊

is there any way to 'force-purge' Webroot quarantined files without uninstalling Webroot products. The reason for asking is because if malware files are being encrypted in order to render them harmless but leaving them on the computers HDD then eventually there is the potential for them to occupy valuable storage space. This is particularly relevant with so many laptops being sod with small SSD's. (

If you reference the guide linked here you can see how to manage items that are quarantined.

I subscribed to this thread just because it was a great line of questions from @Tylersmiler and @jllp128! Followed as usual by the great input of @Ssherjj and @LLiddell!

Awesome Thoughts!

Thanks for the info on quarantined files. I had wondered about that for some time.

Youre most welcome @Tylersmiler! We're happy to help! 😊