If you choose the system restore option, won't you lose all of your memory? ie: all of your information.john clees wrote:if you have window's xp....
I once had a virus hid in the SYSTEM RESTORE....
therefore..turn it off..* START / HELP & SUPPORT / SYSTEM RESTORE
it will dump/delete the memory/information..and perhaps that is the case here...
I then installed norton 10 ...ran a scan and it deleted/removed it..
hope this helps..
Trojan Tj/Bz in my house..
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no... not all of your memory..Michael^Heaven wrote:If you choose the system restore option, won't you lose all of your memory? ie: all of your information.john clees wrote:if you have window's xp....
I once had a virus hid in the SYSTEM RESTORE....
therefore..turn it off..* START / HELP & SUPPORT / SYSTEM RESTORE
it will dump/delete the memory/information..and perhaps that is the case here...
I then installed norton 10 ...ran a scan and it deleted/removed it..
hope this helps..
It reserves data and the option to start your computer from that date.. and therefore data it had on that day say before you got a virus ..
its a good option to have.. it saved me more than a few times...
* HOWEVER from what I hear... its also a target for a virus to hid.. I've had mine off for about a year and I've had no issues ..
perhaps EVEN MORE when I had it on..
it uses resources and space but you can adjust how much... most computers save a certain amount of space anyways... plus its terrible to run your hard drive past 80 % of your drive.. and/or for me anyways I keep mine near 50% for optimum performance..
If you turn it on...you can open your computer from a previous date... however I (think) you have to turn it on.....
if you already have it on... then shutting it off - yes... you would lose information or the ability to start you computer from a previous date.
it's kinda tricky what is saved and not saved ...when you use system restore.. perhaps read in the help and support.. I would hate to mislead you in anyway..
in his situation.....he would turn it off... delete the old info/virus..../ run norton 10 remove the trojan / then just turn it back on again.. creating a new start point and the option to go back again but removing the OLD information which carried the virus..
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