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Cleaning levels

No cleaning—Infected files are not cleaned automatically. The number of found threats is highlighted red in the Detections occurred column. The Cleaned column is highlighted red but displays 0.

Normal cleaning—The program attempts to automatically clean or delete infected files, except those that would cause loss of useful data, for example, an archive file containing a mix of infected and clean files. The number of detected files in the archive file count towards Detections occurred, and the Cleaned column is highlighted red.

Strict cleaning—The program cleans or deletes all infected files. The only exceptions are the system files.

Rigorous cleaning—The program cleans or deletes all infected files without exception.

Delete—The program deletes all infected files without exception.