malware and restore

will a system restore get rid of malware namely zango
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martyb

"marty" <> wrote in message
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> will a system restore get rid of malware namely zango
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> martyb
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No. if you had it on your computer it will be in the protected files of the
restore. Have you no good virus protector that guards you?

Shut Restore down and go to www.pandasoftware.com and run their free scan.

Then turn restore back on.

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Ian

i was supposed to be protected by norton
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martyb


"Ian Betts" wrote:

>
>
> "marty" <> wrote in message
> newsC0C6D30-D874-49E6-B477-...
> > will a system restore get rid of malware namely zango
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> > martyb
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> No. if you had it on your computer it will be in the protected files of the
> restore. Have you no good virus protector that guards you?
>
> Shut Restore down and go to www.pandasoftware.com and run their free scan.
>
> Then turn restore back on.
>
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> Ian
>

Hi Marty,

what System Restore does is to roll back your system by using block
level information that represents data from previous points in time. Because
this block level data is stored in a read only low-level (below file system)
format, most malware won't infect it. If the malware in question replicates
or is "hosted" in a system binary, rolling back to a previous point in time,
with SR, where you know your system didn't have viruses might solve your
problem.

I'd recommend running an AV product post restore to know whether your system
is still contamined. If the restore operation doesn't work, you can always
revert it by running SR a second time and choosing the "Undo" restore point.
That will revert your system to the state it was prior to your first usage
of SR.

Eduardo

"marty" <> wrote in message
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> will a system restore get rid of malware namely zango
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> martyb

In article <8C73DA49-B034-4903-80D0->, igb123
@talktalk.net says...
> Shut Restore down and go to www.pandasoftware.com and run their free scan.

Windows Vista is not (yet) supported.
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Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

many thanks'' eduardo'' i will try it i've got nothing to lose .I will runa
scan before and after the restore using 2 different programs and post results
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martyb


"Eduardo Laureano [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Marty,
>
> what System Restore does is to roll back your system by using block
> level information that represents data from previous points in time. Because
> this block level data is stored in a read only low-level (below file system)
> format, most malware won't infect it. If the malware in question replicates
> or is "hosted" in a system binary, rolling back to a previous point in time,
> with SR, where you know your system didn't have viruses might solve your
> problem.
>
> I'd recommend running an AV product post restore to know whether your system
> is still contamined. If the restore operation doesn't work, you can always
> revert it by running SR a second time and choosing the "Undo" restore point.
> That will revert your system to the state it was prior to your first usage
> of SR.
>
> Eduardo
>
> "marty" <> wrote in message
> newsC0C6D30-D874-49E6-B477-...
> > will a system restore get rid of malware namely zango
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> > martyb
>

marty wrote:
> many thanks'' eduardo'' i will try it i've got nothing to lose .I will runa
> scan before and after the restore using 2 different programs and post results

I would turn system restore OFF to flush out anything that might be
lurking there, reboot, do online scans in safe mode with networking and
rerun your resident anti virus.

'Course, had you Ubuntu instead of Windows, you wouldn't be having this
problem taking up time that you could otherwise devote to, of all
things, using your computer.

Check it out at www.ubuntu.com. It's free of charge and they will even
pay the postage to send you a free CD that you can try out without even
installing it.

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To email me, remove what's invalid

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"Alias" <> wrote in message
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> marty wrote:
>> many thanks'' eduardo'' i will try it i've got nothing to lose .I will
>> runa scan before and after the restore using 2 different programs and
>> post results
>
> I would turn system restore OFF to flush out anything that might be
> lurking there, reboot, do online scans in safe mode with networking and
> rerun your resident anti virus.
>
> 'Course, had you Ubuntu instead of Windows, you wouldn't be having this
> problem taking up time that you could otherwise devote to, of all things,
> using your computer.
>
> Check it out at www.ubuntu.com. It's free of charge and they will even pay
> the postage to send you a free CD that you can try out without even
> installing it.
>
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> Alias
> To email me, remove what's invalid