please help, i used nero burn to see the a000001.cpy in_restore, nav dont see it, even with updates to it, now when restore is off its ok ,when i reactivate it, the problem starts again in restore, i.e. virus still there. restore program dont work no back dates,

hello have you tryed shutting off system restore in my computer properties trubleshooting? disable it and reboot it should mt all the infected virus files. than do virus scan make sure your clean than restort system restore and reboot and set a new restore point. you can allso delete these files from dos with m.e bootdidk

HEY... i am running windows ME and i was havin g the same problem i have 40 GB hard drive and 30 GB were being used by .cpy files in the restore. Well this is usuall caused by a trojan virus and in order to get rid of this problem follow my steps.. 1 right click on my computer 2 click on prefences 3 click on the preformance tab 4 at the bottom there will be a button named File sytem... click on it 5 there will be a bar called System Restore disk space and it will be at max. 6 put it on min or whatever you want to be 7 click on OK then on ok again 8 now restart you computer 9 then do a follow up virus scan and most of this files should be gone I hope this solves your problem