Deleting quarantined files

I am running win xp home edition athon xp 256 mb 40gb hdd and have 4800 including my doom and W32netskyB viruses + files in quarantine, all having SHARE or SHARING in the name (which is where this virus locates itself) I don't know enough about which files I can safely delete and still have the computer running normally. If I delete the lot, surely I shall have system malfunctions? There are plenty of basic Windows files included in quarantine. None are repairable - I've sample checked. There are some Intuit files too - I use Quicken for a number of financial files.can I delete the lot without killing the computer............help me pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssssse.

Thanks in advance.

 

4800? You know, you could probably go through and delete them no problem. They're in quarantine, so by definition they're not being using by anything. But the sheer volume of infected files you have on your machine tells me it's time to wipe the disk and reinstall.

As an aside, what program quarantined them, exactly?

 

the anti virus is from norton....

 

as already noted if they are quarantined then they are not being used anyway so deleting them shouldn't be a problem

however I'm inclined to agree with Da Chicken after having that many infections i think its time to back-up all your stuff and go for a fresh install