8 Quarantine 8.1 Introduction The Quarantine node and its sub-nodes enable you to view quarantined items categorized according to the policy they triggered, as well as allow you to either approve or delete the quarantined items. An item can be: • an unauthorized site, • an unauthorized downloaded file, or • a virus infected downloaded file. The following GFI WebMonitor policies can be set to quarantine these items: • Web Filtering Policies • Download Control Policies • Virus Scanning Policies GFI WebMonitor does not store the downloaded files, but it stores their respective URL, same as for the unauthorized sites. Administrators should review the quarantine to: • Establish the reason for which an item is being quarantined • Determine whether the item is unauthorized/harmful or not • Determine whether the item should be approved or not. If approved from the quarantine list, quarantined items are transferred to the Temporary Whitelist and can then be accessed on a temporary basis by the user who triggered the policy. If deleted from the quarantine list, only the entry is deleted and thus, the items will continue be quarantined by the respective policies. Users can again be forbidden access to the items through the Temporary Whitelist feature. For more information, refer to the Deleting items from the Temporary Whitelist section in the Allowing and blocking users, IP addresses and sites chapter. There are four different views for quarantined items: • Today - displays all items transferred to quarantine today • Yesterday - displays all items transferred to quarantine yesterday • This Week - displays all items transferred to quarantine on the last 7 days starting from today • All Items - displays all items currently in quarantine
