The Quarantine feature in Spy Sweeper lets you file away software, cookies, registry settings, etc. that it thinks may be spyware or adware so you can later examine them. This way, you can easily reverse a change you didn't need to make or one that actually caused harm to your system. However, once items in the Quarantine are 30 days old, Spy Sweeper assumes you want to permanently remove the items so they cannot potentially cause a risk to your online privacy.

If you would like Spy Sweeper to remove items quicker, if you would like an extra month to determine whether or not to permanently delete quarantined items, or to prevent Spy Sweeper from ever cleaning the Quarantine without your user input, do the following:

1. Double-click the Spy Sweeper icon in your Windows taskbar. If it is not present, you can click "Spy Sweeper" in your "Programs" or "All Programs" menu.

2. Click the "Options" button on the left.

3. Click the "Program Options" button on top.

4. From here:

* To prevent Spy Sweeper from automatically clearing quarantined items, uncheck "Automatically Delete Items in Quarantine More Than".

* To clear items sooner or quicker, click the pull-down to the right of "Automatically Delete Items in Quarantine More Than" and select either to clear items older than 7, 30, 60, or 90 days.

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