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?
>
>