Ian,
> Jim you made no mention of the fact that virus's are protected in the
> restore files and that you just replace them by using it.
I assume you are talking about System Restore. And yes, this would be
true if the virus is old. The poster seemed to be saying that he just
got the virus. He didn't even show evidence that his problem WAS a
virus.
> In MHO you scan online to make sure there is one.
My Gurus, i.e Leo Laport and his cohorts, seem to believe that
getting rid of a virus after the fact, that is when it ws not
detected, is extremely difficult. He says that he thinks that AV
programs are much better at catching a virus as it shows up than at
getting rid of it if it is not detected. For example, if you install
an AV program to find existing viruses, there is less chance of
success. I can't say from experience, I have never had one.
> Then once again you go on to suggest your last ditch solution.
> Not for the beginner?
Probably not after the fact, But if you start fresh, after a reformat
reinstall of the OS and the software, then run a cloner like Norton
Ghost, all you have to do is have some place to save the clone and if
things go South, just clone the other way, not at all difficult, then
you bring things back the way they were when you first cloned the C
partition or even the whole drive.
Jim
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