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Write-protected Trojan can't delete
Name: Snick57 Date: January 16, 2004 at 04:53:04 Pacific OS: ME CPU/Ram: Pentium III 128 MB
Comment:
A Trojan called StartPage-W was found on my hard drive in several different places. VirusScan deleted 2 of them, but several more are write-protected and in a folder on C:\ that I can't find in Windows Explorer. The location, according to VirusScan is "C:\_RESTORE\ARCHIVE\". Because they are write-protected, VirusScan can't clean, delete, or quarantine them. What can I do?
Name: Tufenuf Date: January 16, 2004 at 05:19:16 Pacific
Reply:
Snick57, You must disable System Restore, restart your computer, then run the virus scan and it should come up clean. Disabling System Restore purges (removes/deletes) all your System Restore files including any virus/trojan files. After you do the above Enable System Restore again. Here's a link to help you.
Name: Dameer Date: January 16, 2004 at 12:41:10 Pacific
Reply:
...and never,never turn it on again(that's rudimentary tool-Sys.Rest.)For back up try with some other Tool for example Power Quests Drive Image every 4 days. Use Trojan shield,SpyBot and some good AV as Esets NOD32....
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Response Number 3
Name: vipergg Date: January 17, 2004 at 07:39:36 Pacific
Reply:
Well I disagree with the last post about restore , it has saved my butt more than once and I can honestly I have never had a problem with it working the way it is supposed it , why buy something else if this works ok .
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