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B.W.

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Apr 30, 2010, 9:50:43 PM4/30/10
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It has been explained to me before that MS are moving away from using
Newsgroups, so I guess there is nothing for Windows 7?

Maybe someone can advise me or point me to where I can read up about this.

I am running an OEM version of W 7 7600. In the past whenever I have
encountered Viruses Trojans etc in my previous versions of Windows, after
removing them it was suggested to also clear Restore points to avoid
re-infection.

With this version of Windows that I am running now is this still necessary.

TIA

mikeyhsd

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May 1, 2010, 7:30:17 AM5/1/10
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depends on whether your virus program detects virus/trojans/etc in the restore files.
 
that is of course if you are actually running a virus/trojan type program.
 
 

StephenB

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May 1, 2010, 8:53:30 PM5/1/10
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Windows 7 discussion groups here:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

To answer you question, though, it depends on several things:
1. What the infection was
2. What your antivirus program did to remove it

If system files were infected and saved into the Restore Points, then, yes,
clearing the restore points would be a good idea - assuming that the infection
was otherwise successfully dealt with.

-steve

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B.W.

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May 1, 2010, 9:10:33 PM5/1/10
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Thank you. These things showed up when I discontinued using a preinstalled
A/V and installed a free one. Looking at the report it seems they were
Trojans found in emails and were in the Junk and deleted folder. So I am
presuming that this may have have been files left over from the previous A/V
and stored in their vault on my machine. My new A/V quarantined them also.

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B.W.

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May 1, 2010, 9:30:24 PM5/1/10
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Also I understand that in Windows 7, you may not need to flush your restore
points. Depending on which version of Windows 7 you are running. Does this
apply to my version?

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StephenB

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May 2, 2010, 8:12:03 PM5/2/10
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No.
If a restore point contains an infected system file, it makes no difference what
version of Windows you have.
-steve

B.W.

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May 2, 2010, 8:32:30 PM5/2/10
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So is it wise to always flush the restore points or only if the infection is
located in the restore points?

Thank You B.W.

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StephenB

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May 3, 2010, 4:26:46 AM5/3/10
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I'll refer you to my original reply. And also suggest that you will probably do
better discussing this in the Windows 7 forums. Though this newsgroups is very
lightly trafficed, this is way off topic.

Original reply:

>>>> To answer you question, though, it depends on several things:
>>>> 1. What the infection was
>>>> 2. What your antivirus program did to remove it
>>>>
>>>> If system files were infected and saved into the Restore Points, then,
>>>> yes,
>>>> clearing the restore points would be a good idea - assuming that the
>>>> infection
>>>> was otherwise successfully dealt with.

-steve

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>So is it wise to always flush the restore points or only if the infection is
>located in the restore points?
>
>Thank You B.W.
>
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>> No.
>> If a restore point contains an infected system file, it makes no
>> difference what
>> version of Windows you have.
>> -steve

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B.W.

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May 3, 2010, 8:43:23 PM5/3/10
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O.K. thank you.

B.W.

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