How to Access Avast Virus Chest and Retrieve Files from There?

Avast Virus Chest which is also known as Quarantine or Vault is a place where Avast stores potentially dangerous files. These files are isolated from the rest of the computer and operating system so that they can’t infect or affect other files. But as false positive cases are really common with Avast, there are times when the software mistakenly consider a safe file as threat and quarantines it. In that case, you can access Virus Chest and restore those files back to their original location.

This blog will give you details on how you can open Avast Vault, use it and recover files deleted by Avast. In 2018 version of this software, it is difficult to locate the Vault as compared to the previous version. So, if you need any assistance from experts then feel free to give us a consult with Avast contactnumber UK. Otherwise, just follow the instruction given here.

Steps to Open the Virus Chest

·         Launch your Avast program and navigate to the Protection tab.

·         Then click on the “Virus Chest” from the left menu.

You can also access the Virus chest from the Windows system tray, just right-click the Avast icon and select “virus chest”.

Learn to Use Avast Virus Chest Commands

In the Virus Chest, you may see a list of files stored in it or it might be completely empty. You can use the given commands to manage these files.

·         Delete: It will remove the selected files from the Quarantine.

·         Restore: Will restore the selected file to its original location.

·         Restore and Add to Exclusion: The selected file will be restored and will be excluded from Avast future scans.

·         Extract: Will copy the selected file on a specified location and the extracted file will remain in Chest only.

·         Scan: Will scan the selected file.

·         Submit to Virus lab: The file will be sent to Avast virus lab.

·         Properties: Let you see the file properties.

·         Add: Add the selected file to the virus chest.

·         Refresh All Files: Will refresh the Virus Chest list.

Guidelines to Restore Deleted Files

·         Open the Avast Virus Chest as explained above.

·         Select the file that you want to recover.

·         Then right-click and select “Restore and Add to exclusions” so that Avast ignore it in future.

If you can’t find your file in the Vault then contact at toll free Avast helpline number UK and let our technicians help you. We will try our best to help you recover or restore the file.

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