As far as your restore points are concerned, since you had viruses at some time, it is probable that one or more of the restore fiules would contain that virus. If it will not let you restore to some point, it is likely that one or more restore point files hvae been corrupted. As they are sequential, if one does not work, then neither will any to a prior date.
Your best option is thereforr to disable system restore (which will delete all the restore points), restart the PC, then enable system restore again, which will make a fresh restore point. To diable, open system restore, click on system restore settings, check the box 'turn off system restore'. To enable it again after restart, uncheck that box.
As far as adaware is concerned, try letting it fix just one thing at a time and check whether your internet connection works or not. That way you might be able to track down which 'fix' is causing the problem. Please post any information, then maybe we can find another way. Alternatively, download and run HijackThis. Do not let it fix anything, but post its log on the virus renmoval board (you can see examples there).
alright I will try that. Although do you know how to fix my "dragging" problem I am having with windows on my desktop??? Do you think this has to do with adaware?
JRosenfeld
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June 11th, 2004 21:00
As far as your restore points are concerned, since you had viruses at some time, it is probable that one or more of the restore fiules would contain that virus. If it will not let you restore to some point, it is likely that one or more restore point files hvae been corrupted. As they are sequential, if one does not work, then neither will any to a prior date.
Your best option is thereforr to disable system restore (which will delete all the restore points), restart the PC, then enable system restore again, which will make a fresh restore point. To diable, open system restore, click on system restore settings, check the box 'turn off system restore'. To enable it again after restart, uncheck that box.
As far as adaware is concerned, try letting it fix just one thing at a time and check whether your internet connection works or not. That way you might be able to track down which 'fix' is causing the problem. Please post any information, then maybe we can find another way. Alternatively, download and run HijackThis. Do not let it fix anything, but post its log on the virus renmoval board (you can see examples there).
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
maxd
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June 12th, 2004 18:00
Re: AdAware on XP
There's a recent MS article on AdAware deleting some XP files so this may be relevant. I can't find this on their site. Maybe on lavasoftusa.
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June 12th, 2004 20:00