-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AV quarenteen

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:44:54 -0500

What is a footprint Rick?  Is that when you manually create a new restore 
point?

cia,
cristy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan2@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:03 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AV quarenteen


>I did  not intend that meaning, no.  But if you get a virus that becomed
> resident in your sysrest files,  the only way to rid those files of that
> virus is to disable SystemRestore.  This inevitably means that you lose
> all of the 'footprints' that SysRest has made. This aspect is the
> disadvantage, but after disabling and doing a scan, be sure to
> immediately create a new footprint in System Restore. I have used
> SysRest many times in WinMe particularly and to my entire satisfaction.
> But disabling IMHO should only be of a temporary nature, and on
> reactivation set a new footprint.
>
> HTH
>
> Rick H
>
> milady wrote:
>
>>I just reread this.. meaning that during a virus scan system restore 
>>should
>>be OFF???
>>ML
>>-
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