Why does anti-virus software not delete the viruses, malware, etc., but instead quarantine them?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1096317/...

Accepted answer links:
["quarantena"]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine#...
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/QgXZ4.gif
[in a such mode]: http://www.anti-malware.info/payloads/am...
[Cascade virus in the 80s-90s...]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_(co...)
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/EgTQG.gif

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