Cleaning up the Netscky virus: http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can purge the System Restore history by deleting the _RESTORE from from C:\. It is a hidden folder. You may need to use Safe Mode or MS-DOS to delete the folder. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Somehow over the last week sometime my computer became infected badly > by the Netsky virus completely out of the blue. Norton AntiVirus > (which I keep definitions for completely up to date) did not pick > this up and I have no idea who it got on the sytem. Evertime I run an > online scan using Housecall, Norton picks up and catches the viruses > but they don't seem to clean.. They show up with Norton in the TEMP, > Recycled, and Protected Recycled Files. Norton ONLY picks up the > viruses when Housecall is scanning and begins scanning the Restore > folder. I'm wondering if there is some sort of connection with the > Restore folder and the viruses being picked up. > > Is there a way I can delete the old Restore archives and completely > remove all files in the TEMP folder? (A few files in the TEMP folder > say I do not have access to delete them). > > If there is any other way I can try and fix these problems and get > this virus off for good, please let me know! I've enver had so many > problems with a virus before and I wish I knew how it got on the > system. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, but please keep in > mind that I am very poor and cannot afford to purchase something > aside from Norton (although I'd like to). > > I'm running Windows ME (Yes, I know it's a terrible version, but I > have been unable to upgrade due to lack of money). > > Thanks! > - Jennifer If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
