oops.
System restore can hide the virus in the new restore point making it even harder to remove....Some of them attach themselves to the system restore files. Some even make it impossible for to be able to system restore.
If system restore works for you, you are
lucky with that particular virus.
System restore is good for drivers & settings and stuff like that but its better to just turn the thing off for a faster system
TIPS
- always have your system fully updated
- get a virus killer. Any of them(even the free ones) will help.
- if your paranoid use sandboxie
- do some research into what is good spyware/adware killer. Most programs are crap.
- Use linux instead of windows
Most viruses come from dubious activity and/or user ignorance. If you are worrying about websites being dodgy. Use a link scanner for the URL first.