Virus Removale

[Guest]

Will system restore get rid of viruses that recently infected my computer?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Paulie;
Maybe, but the best way is to us an antivirus to be sure.
System Restore may this time and often does have the virus so
restoring accomplishes nothing.

What virus?
Search for it and removal directions here:
http://www.symantec.com/search/

Also see this link to help keep viruses and other issues off the
computer:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/security.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

Will system restore get rid of viruses that recently infected my

computer?

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

No, sorry. To remove a virus, you must use your antivirus software. If your
antivirus software cannot remove the virus, the software's technical support
may be able to provide you with instructions to manually remove the virus.

System restore was designed to back up certain key operating system files,
like the registry, so that you can restore them to a known good state.

Rocky

 

[Dell]

No. Try following the directions here to clean your system:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Then get a resident antivirus program to prevent further infection. Also,
either turn on XP's firewall or get a 3rd party firewall product. And after
all that, get spyware protection either by using adaware (basic) from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ and/or (more options, more advanced) spybot from
http://security.kolla.de/

You can get free AV software from:
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
(No antivirus software is any good unless you regularly update its data
files so it knows how to deal with the latest viruses!)

Free Firewall software from:
Microsoft (Built into WinXP)
http://smb.sygate.com/products/pspf/comparison_pspf.htm
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/zap_za_grid_10011.jsp

Note - what might look like spaces above are actually inderline characters,
ie the last line ends in
zap_za_grid_10011.jsp