Resolving Threat Detections

 

You will receive notifications on threats that are detected across your network. In the Hub, these will appear as device alerts on the Devices tab, and listed events on the Alerts tab. For more information about threats and managing your notifications, see Threat and Alert Types.

Most threats detected by Avast will be sent to Quarantine on the device for you to review and either restore or delete. You can view all threats detected on a device and Quarantine in Device Details, accessible by clicking on a device name on the Devices page. The Threats Detected tab shows the threat status, name, file name and location, how it was detected, and the date of detection for everything detected on the device.

Restoring or Deleting Infected Files

Alerts tab

1. On the Alerts tab, click the blue-linked number of alerts below a relevant Event, such as Threats quarantined
2. Click View Quarantine beside one of the events
3. Select the three dots beside the infected file and click one of the following:
   • Restore
   • Delete

Devices tab

1. On the Devices tab, click the name of the device where the threat was etected
   • Click the AV Threats tab to view more details about the threat, if desired
2. Click View Quarantine in the Alerts banner
3. Select the three dots beside the infected file and click one of the following:
   • Restore
   • Delete

Exceptions

If the detection was a false positive, you should create an exception for the detected threat in the policy assigned to the device. For more information see Configuring Antivirus Exclusions.