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[[manage-quarantined-files]]
=== Manage quarantined files

When *Prevent* is enabled for malware protection, {elastic-defend} will quarantine any malicious file it finds. Specifically {elastic-defend} will remove the file from its current location, encrypt it with the encryption key `ELASTIC`, move it to a different folder, and rename it as a GUID string, such as `318e70c2-af9b-4c3a-939d-11410b9a112c`.
When *Prevent* is enabled for malware protection, {elastic-defend} will quarantine any malicious file it finds (this includes files defined in the <<blocklist>>). Specifically {elastic-defend} will remove the file from its current location, encrypt it with the encryption key `ELASTIC`, move it to a different folder, and rename it as a GUID string, such as `318e70c2-af9b-4c3a-939d-11410b9a112c`.

The quarantine folder location varies by operating system:

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