Guest Theslaz Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Trying to remove my old restore points. Reason being; I had a virus; cleaned that up; however; my virus program still shows a virus in my various system restore files. I have tried; several times; turning of system restore and then rebooting. However; when I go back into the settings; it shows that system restore is still turned on and monitoring. I would have thought that it would stay turned of. I did another virus scan and it appears that the only system restore files showing a virus are on the "C" drive. My other 4 drives don't show anything; whereas before turning of system restore they would show a virus. So it appears that some files where removed. My question is: Why doesn't system restore stay turned of until I turn it back on. How can I get rid of those system restore files on my "C" drive? Thanks in advance.
Guest Bill in Co. Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: System restore problem My recollection of this is that once you turn Sytem Restore OFF (by deselecting all drives), it would stay off, but I might be misrembering this. But even so, if, AFTER rebooting, it gets turned back on again, the restore point created THEN should be a new clean one, unless of course your drive is still infected. So if you are still finding a virus in that restore point which was just created, then apparently your system still has a virus on it and your virus removing program failed in its quest. Maybe you should try 1) turning off System Restore on all drives (and click OK all the way out), then 2) running the virus removal program to get rid of all of it, and only THEN 3) rebooting (but that might still end up creating a new restore point, regardless - not sure - but if so, it should be clean. Theslaz wrote: > Trying to remove my old restore points. Reason being; I had a virus; > cleaned that up; however; my virus program still shows a virus in my > various system restore files. > > I have tried; several times; turning of system restore and then > rebooting. However; when I go back into the settings; it shows that > system restore is still turned on and monitoring. I would have thought > that it would stay turned of. > > I did another virus scan and it appears that the only system restore > files showing a virus are on the "C" drive. My other 4 drives don't show > anything; whereas before turning of system restore they would show a > virus. So it appears that some files where removed. > > My question is: Why doesn't system restore stay turned of until I turn > it back on. How can I get rid of those system restore files on my "C" > drive? > > Thanks in advance.
Guest Plato Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: System restore problem Theslaz wrote: > > Trying to remove my old restore points. Reason being; I had a virus; > cleaned that up; however; my virus program still shows a virus in my > various system restore files. http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#15
Guest Gerry Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: System restore problem Theslaz When attempting to Turn Off System Restore I suspect you may not have done Step 2. Step 1 is check the box before "Turn of System Restore on all drives". Step 2 is click on Apply. Step 3 is click on OK. Step 4 is restart the computer. Run your anti-virus programme to confirm the infection is removed and then turn System Restore back on. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Theslaz wrote: > Trying to remove my old restore points. Reason being; I had a virus; > cleaned that up; however; my virus program still shows a virus in my > various system restore files. > > I have tried; several times; turning of system restore and then > rebooting. However; when I go back into the settings; it shows that > system restore is still turned on and monitoring. I would have thought > that it would stay turned of. > > I did another virus scan and it appears that the only system restore > files showing a virus are on the "C" drive. My other 4 drives don't > show anything; whereas before turning of system restore they would > show a virus. So it appears that some files where removed. > > My question is: Why doesn't system restore stay turned of until I turn > it back on. How can I get rid of those system restore files on my "C" > drive? > Thanks in advance.
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: System restore problem See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskclean.html -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ Theslaz wrote: > Trying to remove my old restore points. Reason being; I had a virus; > cleaned that up; however; my virus program still shows a virus in my > various system restore files. > > I have tried; several times; turning of system restore and then > rebooting. However; when I go back into the settings; it shows that > system restore is still turned on and monitoring. I would have thought > that it would stay turned of. > > I did another virus scan and it appears that the only system restore > files showing a virus are on the "C" drive. My other 4 drives don't show > anything; whereas before turning of system restore they would show a > virus. So it appears that some files where removed. > > My question is: Why doesn't system restore stay turned of until I turn > it back on. How can I get rid of those system restore files on my "C" > drive? > > Thanks in advance.
Guest Theslaz Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: System restore problem Gerry wrote: > Theslaz > > When attempting to Turn Off System Restore I suspect you may not have > done Step 2. > > Step 1 is check the box before "Turn of System Restore on all drives". > Step 2 is click on Apply. > Step 3 is click on OK. > Step 4 is restart the computer. > > Run your anti-virus programme to confirm the infection is removed and > then turn System Restore back on. > Followed the above mentioned steps to a tee. After I restart the computer; system restore is still on and monitoring. I will run my virus scan tonight and check what it says. Each one of my drives shows a folder called "System Volume Information". Is this the same as System Restore?
Guest Bill in Co. Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: System restore problem Theslaz wrote: > Gerry wrote: >> Theslaz >> >> When attempting to Turn Off System Restore I suspect you may not have >> done Step 2. >> >> Step 1 is check the box before "Turn of System Restore on all drives". >> Step 2 is click on Apply. >> Step 3 is click on OK. >> Step 4 is restart the computer. >> >> Run your anti-virus programme to confirm the infection is removed and >> then turn System Restore back on. >> > Followed the above mentioned steps to a tee. After I restart the > computer; system restore is still on and monitoring. I will run my virus > scan tonight and check what it says. > > Each one of my drives shows a folder called "System Volume Information". > Is this the same as System Restore? That is just the location (directory) of where System Restore keeps its restore points.
Guest Theslaz Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: System restore problem Bill in Co. wrote: > Theslaz wrote: >> Gerry wrote: >>> Theslaz >>> >>> When attempting to Turn Off System Restore I suspect you may not have >>> done Step 2. >>> >>> Step 1 is check the box before "Turn of System Restore on all drives". >>> Step 2 is click on Apply. >>> Step 3 is click on OK. >>> Step 4 is restart the computer. >>> >>> Run your anti-virus programme to confirm the infection is removed and >>> then turn System Restore back on. >>> >> Followed the above mentioned steps to a tee. After I restart the >> computer; system restore is still on and monitoring. I will run my virus >> scan tonight and check what it says. >> >> Each one of my drives shows a folder called "System Volume Information". >> Is this the same as System Restore? > > That is just the location (directory) of where System Restore keeps its > restore points. > > Ran the scan and I am now clean. Have set a new restore point and I will check the file to see if it is clean. I won't worry about the problem with my settings ( Can't set system restore to stop monitoring and stay of ) as I always use system restore. Just wanted to get rid of my restore points and get rid of the virus that was within!
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