Re: Scanreg /restore
Paradoxdb3 wrote:
| All good advice. I truely appreciate it all! I have been without an
| AV software for about three months now, and I'm still sitting at
| system resources 90% free at system startup. But I have only myself
| to blame if I should get a virus infection. I realize that. I'm
| also ALL TOO familiar with reformatting my HD, which is a bit of an
| OCD thing for me! I'm a perfectionist and I like numbers and looks.
| It's hard to explain. Anyway, thanks again for all the replies. I
| truely appreciate all the advice! I hope to contribute here as much
| as you people have with me! Thanks again!
Well, I agree with glee, Bear & MEB. Give avast! a try...
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Avast (free)
I really like it, despite a few peccadillos.
You should also have a full system backup. Here is what I use. You
needen't install it to use for just backup purposes...
http://www.bootitng.com/ 's BootIt NG, has a variety of backup
capabilities & works with all OS: Copy partition(s) to HDD, or Image to
HDD or to CD or DVD. Create, move, shrink or expand partitions without
data loss. Multi-boot too. To install & use beyond 30 days, $34.95.
For virus-checking entirely on your own, get to know...
"START button , Run, SFC"
However, this tool needs a priming, which basically means to accept all
current changes. The "Settings", especially "Search Criteria", may need
adjusting. You may look through the log, C:\Windows\SFCLOG.TXT, to see
what it's done. Also, there is a certain amount of confusion involved
with it, under the best of circumstances. For one thing, certain files
will always seem to have changed. For another, it does not well handle
version numbers greater than 11 characters.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=185836 System File Checker
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188186 SFC baseline
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192832 SFC extracts wrong file
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=180465 Error Message: The File
Was Not Found. Verify That You Have Selected the
Correct 'Restore from' Location and Try Again
http://www.rickrogers.org/sfc.htm SFC use & problems
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/using_sfc.html SFC use & problems
But, REALLY, very likely it too difficult & too late to spot one with
SFC-- except to go running to your full system backup!
| P.S. Just a heads up...I'm going to be back here to ask how to
| resize the webview pane in "CONTROLP.HTT", "MYCOMP.HTT", and
| "RECYCLE.HTT" files. It's easy enough with "FOLDER.HTT", but that
| only affects the folders. My Computer, Recycle Bin, and Control
| Panel are all controlled by the files mentioned above. (I want to
| reduce the width of the webview, by the way, to about 250-300 px or
| 20%).
|
| I guess I kinda asked already, didn't I? But this thread is getting
| long, so I can start a new question. Later.
|
| "MEB" wrote:
|
|>
|>
|> "Paradoxdb3" <Paradoxdb3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|> news:4D387A84-1AE0-4D83-A6D3-33FD42A95044@microsoft.com...
|> | Resources aren't good for anything unless they're being
|> | used...EXACTLY! Which is why you want to have as much available as
|> | possible. Just open WMP and watch the drop! You need as many
|> | free resources to use for some apps.
|> |
|> | And as far as likening safety do driving, I either take the bus or
|> | walk, so how's this for an analogy...Staying out of back alleys
|> | has saved my life so far. Which is why I don't go down any
|> | digital back alleys. I don't liken the AVG program as a seatbelt
|> | (although that was a very good analogy) but rather a bodyguard.
|> | If you plan to be walking through the hood, then a bodyguard might
|> | be necessary. But if you plan on sticking close to home, the
|> | chances of needing one is greatly reduced.
|> |
|> | So, back to the question...it sounds like if I delete the virus
|> | files and backup the registry to an earlier date, that would take
|> | care of most everything?
|> |
|>
|> Sure, were that the only things that might happen.
|> What happens though when you are completely infected, e.g. the
|> virus runs through every exe and com file on your disk. Or hides
|> itself in some hidden file or area, which activates again AFTER you
|> think you've cleared it all. Or how about some old file you
|> downloaded; installed; didn't like; uninstalled; forgot about;
|> noticed some issue thereafter; didn't equate it with the uninstalled
|> file; and found some issue or had to re-install. You then later run
|> through an old CDROM of saved files, re-install it and you're
|> infected again.
|>
|> Or how about an email attachment from someone who also doesn't run
|> Anti-V,,, sure you want to trust that?
|>
|> --
|> MEB
|>
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
|> ________
|>
|>
|> | "dadiOH" wrote:
|> |
|> | > Paradoxdb3 wrote:
|> | >
|> | > > I recently decided to uninstall AVG to free up system
|> | > > resources. I went from resources being 84% free to being 90%
|> | > > free upon start up. I like the latter!
|> | >
|> | > Why? Resources aren't good for anything unless they are being
|> | > used.
|> | >
|> | > --
|> | >
|> | > dadiOH
|> | > ____________________________
|> | >
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
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