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Hi Bob,
Well it certainly seems so in your case. As I suggested in my previous
post, the existing restore points should be purged to prevent the
return of the virus in a restore of the system. And as Will suggested,
do an online virus scan also to be on the safe side.
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/
Bob wrote:
> A new virus scan (with Norton) does not detect it. Can
> system restore be used to "fix" virus infected systems?
>
> Bob
>
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Do a new virus scan of the system and see if it picks up
>> the virus. If it's found in one of the System Restore
>> (System Volume Information) folders it will be dormant
>> until a restore is done witch includes that restore
>> point. Once the system is found to be stable all the
>> System Restore folder can be purged to remove the virus
>> by disabling and then enabling SR. How to Disable and Enable System
>> Restore
>>
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/disablesr.html
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>>
>> Bob wrote:
>>> I got a virus and couldn't boot normally except in safe
>>> mode. I decided to do a system restore. All is well now
>>> but I wonder the virus is still there right....so what
>>> happens to it. Its not deleted.
>>> Thanks
>>> Bob