Specifying how long suspect virus messages are retained in quarantine

You can choose the maximum amount of time a message can be held in Suspect Virus Quarantine, up to 24 hours. After the period of time that you specify, messages are automatically released from Suspect Virus Quarantine and rescanned with updated virus definitions.
You can check the status of your scheduled task from the
Status > Scheduled Tasks
page.
You can also delete messages manually from Suspect Virus Quarantine.
You must have Full Administration or Modify rights to change Suspect Virus Quarantine settings.
  1. To specify how long suspect virus messages are held in quarantine
  2. On the Control Center, click
    Malware > Settings > Suspect Virus Settings
    .
  3. Under
    Message Release
    , click the
    Automatically release messages older than
    drop-down list and select the number of hours to hold messages in quarantine.
    The default is six hours. The maximum setting is 24 hours.
  4. Click
    Save
    .