Another question re system restore

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If I acquired a trojan or virus over the past few days, can it infect restore
points from several weeks ago? TIA.
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joebat23

 

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Hi,

Potentially, yes. Once the trojan is cleaned, delete all existing restore
points.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"joebat23" <joebat23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If I acquired a trojan or virus over the past few days, can it infect
> restore
> points from several weeks ago? TIA.
> --
> joebat23