AntiVirus/AntiMalware actions on detection

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coffeeprogrammer

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Jul 19, 2021
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Do most or any antivirus/malware programs have an option where if something is found it is reported and quarantine, but saved until the user looks it over and chooses an action? Can Windows defender be configured to behavior like this?
 
Now I've never been properly infected, with an active infection, so I have no idea how Windows Defender behaves when that might occur. My experience with it not liking some file was that it quarantines it but you can then elevate and override/restore or take other actions (such as ignore.)
 
The reason I am asking is because I have wondered if I might want to get into malware analysis. I have in the downloaded code in the past that might be less than what a large software vendor might hope for, but as much as a I am aware, I have never had a problem with malicious code.

I am really not sure how antimalware and antivirus works under the hood, but if it were configured to immediately delete code, as firefox sometimes does, then that might be a problem for studying it.
 
might be a problem for studying it.
I think your wisest course of action would be to have a completely separate and isolated machine that is not on your real network. (You would want a simulated stand-alone network so you could analyze network activities when needed, but would want to have an easy unplug/kill switch.)