Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic System Restore Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Dannay Posted at 5:56 am on Sep. 25, 2008 Ok well i got a virus today and was like omd scary like spybot was going crazing saying la la been changed and windows defender even found a trojan.. wow it found something.. but like went into safe mode.. and norton found nothing.. i even had to go onto another computer to download the norton virus scanner cos 360 doesn't work in safe mode.. like wtf.. stupid so like  spybot found some stuff in safe mode.. so restarted but the virus was still there.. so i done a system restore and it seems to be gone.. i'm doing another virus scan now.. so jw.. would system restore have gotten rid of the virus or am i doomed.

Replies espresso8097 Posted at 6:54 am on Sep. 25, 2008 What I have found effective is get Avast (free), update, and run a boot-time scan.  Catches shit that a normal scan will miss. marshmellowman Posted at 6:35 am on Sep. 25, 2008 Well it might still be floating around, so I urge you to scan the system again with whatever anti-virus software you have (download AVG Free or Kapersky if Norton seems to not be working correctly for you). Dannay Posted at 6:20 am on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from marshmellowman at 2:16 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 A system restore is unlikely to get rid of a virus. There is a possibility if it was installed with some software before which a checkpoint was made then it could be removed, but to my understanding it wouldn't remove it at all. i restored it to yesterday and the thing that gave me the virus (ithink) i installed today.. and then i deleted the folder it was in. marshmellowman Posted at 6:16 am on Sep. 25, 2008 A system restore is unlikely to get rid of a virus. There is a possibility if it was installed with some software before which a checkpoint was made then it could be removed, but to my understanding it wouldn't remove it at all. bigredron Posted at 6:11 am on Sep. 25, 2008 system restore will chaneg the settings back to the restore point, so registry values and some files will get deleted in the process. This might not delete the virus, but it can stop it being executed in a lot of cases, which then enables you to delete it later on atomictastic Posted at 6:04 am on Sep. 25, 2008 You are DOOOOOOMED! :O I have gotten a virus before on my computer and I was like freakin' out so I tried what you did... System restore thinking ya know it'll go back but actually no that doesn't solve the problem. Your computer has to be clean then I guess use system restore. All 6 previous replies displayed.