Thanks for the info! I'll try that today as soon as this room warms up a tad more. It's so cold here!! The virus seems to be in the Restore folder somewhere. It seems that when I use the online Housecall virus scan, it places some of the archived files into the TEMP folder which causes Norton to bring up the virus alert. It's strange that Housecall isn't picking it up though. It's always picked up the viruses when Norton hasn't. Panda's online scan didn't pick them up last night either.
I'll try this today and get back to everybody. Thanks for the help! - Atryeu --- In [email protected], "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
