Glad it worked out! :o) .::] Sir Troth [::.. _________________________________ AOL: SirTrothX Please, no email at this address! _________________________________ ::: Original Message by DH (Rick) Holmes ::: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:53:19 +1300 | Troth.....Rick was having the same prob as me. AVG was finding it, but | couldn't clean it. Your archived mail pointed me in the right | direction, and disabling, then enabling SysRestore killed it stone cold | dead. It was sure annoying prior to that, doing a scan, and immediately | getting an alert and another request to scan with AVG...ad infinitum!! | The only cost was the loss of earlier SysRestore points. | | Cheers | Rick H | | | ~OoO~ wrote: | | >It doesn't STOP the worm, per sa... rather, if the worm is stored in your SYSTEM RESTORE backups, you will now flush your system of prior SYSTEM RESTORE archives. If the worm is in the backups, its not running or active. But, it is there, and the AV app will usually find it on a scan. But, if you tell it to delete, fix, repair, or anything to the worm you won't be able to cause Windows protects the SYSTEM RESTORE folder. | > | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk