Norton AV question

[AceeDuecee]

I recently discovered my 80 gig hard drive had 15 gigs more than I
remembered. After doing some searching I found out that my recycle bin had
15 gigs of protected files, thanks to Norton Antivirus. I read the help
files and the manual and am still not sure what a protected file is. Are
these files from viruses?

[Tom Reynolds]

No, they are just files you deleted and sent to the recycle bin,
Norton's saves them in a "Protected File" folder until
you empty "Norton's Protected Files" just in case you
change your mind.
Tom
"AceeDuecee" <aeebeesee@alphabet.com> wrote in message
news:bkam7c$rir63$1@ID-127880.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I recently discovered my 80 gig hard drive had 15 gigs more than I
> remembered. After doing some searching I found out that my recycle bin
had
> 15 gigs of protected files, thanks to Norton Antivirus. I read the help
> files and the manual and am still not sure what a protected file is. Are
> these files from viruses?
>
>

[Jay T. Blocksom]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:12:31 -0400, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "AceeDuecee"
<aeebeesee@alphabet.com> wrote:
>
> I recently discovered my 80 gig hard drive had 15 gigs more than I
> remembered. After doing some searching I found out that my recycle bin
> had 15 gigs of protected files, thanks to Norton Antivirus.
[snip]

ITYM "Norton Utilities".

> I read the
> help files and the manual and am still not sure what a protected file is.
[snip]

It's just NU's "extended" Recycle Bin function -- and at 15 GB... you don't
do your "routine housekeeping" very often do you? ;-)

> Are these files from viruses?
>

Near-certainly, no.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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