[access-uk] Re: XP System Restore
- From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:13:50 +0100
I'm honestly not sure how worthwhile it is, I'm just going on something I
read in a forum which I pasted below - when my system was riddled with
malware and I was trying to clean it all out. Having said that I'm
beginning to think that the kind of nerds and geeks who inhabit technical
forums probably over-exaggerate the seriousness of spyware and its probably
not that important to disable system restore. Here's why I said it though,
this isn't Spybot info so the reasoning might not even apply anyway:
Windows Millennium Edition (ME) and Windows XP have a feature known as
System Restore, which creates backups of certain files in the _Restore
folder. The
System Restore feature usually backs up files with EXE or COM extensions,
which may include infected files and malware programs. Files in the _Restore
folder are protected and can only be accessed using System Restore. This
feature must be disabled first before Trend Micro antivirus can access and
clean
these files.
threats out . ----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrisondf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:44 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: XP System Restore
> Thanks Sunil, but I am not sure that I understand your point. Do you mean
> that it would
> be better to create a restore point manually before running Spybotsd
> rather than let it
> create one? In the event of Spybotsd Fixing problems and having
> unexpected
> consequences I think that having a recent Restore Point is a good idea.
>
> Douglas
>
> On 23 May 2005 at 13:23, Sunil wrote:
>
>> Haven't a clue about that but I think its worth disabling system restore
>> when you run a Spybot scan.
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> Douglas Harrison
>
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