Yahoo! Toolbar Tutorials

Using CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy

Installing CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy? Scanning for and Removing Spyware Restoring Removed Items Allowing Anti-Spy to Ignore Items Taking Items Off the Allow List Keeping Anti-Spy Up To Date

Restoring Removed Items

When you remove items through the CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy scan process, they are actually quarantined. This gives you the opportunity to restore the items if you decide that you need them on your PC.

 

Here’s How

  1. Open the Anti-Spy window. (Remind me how.)

  2. Click the Restore button in the Program Information section.

    In the Program Information section, click the Restore button.

    A new window opens listing zip files containing the items that you’ve removed.

    Note: Items are quarantined in a zip file created at the time you remove one or more items during the same session.

  3. Select the zip file that includes the files you want to restore, then click the Restore button.

    Select one or more zip files, then click the Restore button.Enlarge

    Note: If you’re unsure of which zip file contains the files you want to restore, select the zip file, then click the View Details button to see a list of the contained files.

    All of the files contained in the zip file are restored to your computer. The next time you run a scan, the files may be detected and listed. If you want the scan to ignore them, add them to Anti-Spy’s Allow list.

 

What’s Next

To permanently delete the zip file and it’s contained files, select the zip file, and then click the Delete button.

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Words to Know

  • Quarantined item: a file or other item on your computer that online protection software has determined to be infected. After cleaning the infection, the online protection software modifies the item so that the file system can no longer access it. The quarantined item remains on your computer, so that you can restore it to its original location if you choose.
  • Spyware: software, typically installed on your computer without your permission, that can track personal information, serve as an unauthorized entry point for a remote user, or transmit data to an external source.
  • Zip file: a package of files compressed to reserve space on a computer.