Hello again!
I ran the netsky removal tool before and after I disabled restore and it came up clean both times. I ran Housecall one more time before disabling Sys. Restore and the Netsky virus popped up several more times though so I'm not sure what that's about. The tool didn't seem to help -_- I disabled the sys. restore and removed the archive files and have ran scans on 2 online programs as well as Norton and it came up clean finally! Thanks for the info! I knew where the folder was, but I didn't want to remove anything without asking first since I rarely mess with the restore. If the virus pops up like that again, I'll remember how I was able to get rid of it :) THanks again for the help everybody! I'm sure I'll have more questions later on. This old computer is a world of problems and half of them I have not been able to fix for nothing :( - 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/
