Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 988819)

Didn't Restless just write is when he meant isn't?

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 988924)

Now please explain fer numpties like me restless,What the hells a link scanner?:confused:

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 988924)

Now please explain fer numpties like me restless,What the hells a link scanner?:confused:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 988813)

I think(but could have got hold of the wrong end of the stick - if so, I am pretty sure someone with superior knowledge will tell me) that some viruses/trojans affect the Rootkit and so taking the computer back doesn't do anything to remove them, so your machine is still infected......or that is the info that I was once given when my old machine got tripped up with a trojan......it seems that the infection is right into the guts of the workings.

My old computer had to go into the computer hospital and have itself restored from scratch...OS wiped and OS installed from the original disk.
An expensive learning curve.

Originally Posted by Restless (Post 988858)

oops. :o

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

1. always have your system fully updated
2. get a virus killer. Any of them(even the free ones) will help.
3. if your paranoid use sandboxie
4. do some research into what is good spyware/adware killer. Most programs are crap.
5. 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.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 989866)

Geesh ... and I thought this was about how to get free condoms:mad: