I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps finding
adware in system restore.
--
Ed H
Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

Ed H wrote:
> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps finding
> adware in system restore.

Right click on My Computer/Properties/System Restore tab. Untick it and
say Yes to the pop up. Reboot. Reenable it.

Alias

Ed H wrote:
> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
> finding adware in system restore.

How to find the answer:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example... I searched for "I forget how to delete system restore points"
(Your words - 100%):
http://www.google.com/search?q=I+for...restore+points

The second hit is:
http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html

Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and turning it
back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice in your case - not
knowing which system restore point contains the 'issue'. There is another
method for keeping things tidy with system restore points...

The fourth hit on the google search performed using the first sentence in
your posting gives:
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...ee-disk-space/
.... which is somewhat a reference to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
.... where they inform you (further down the article) how to 'remove all
restore points except the most recent restore point'...

Good luck!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Ed H wrote:
> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps finding
> adware in system restore.

Right click on "My Computer" and choose properties, click on "System
Restore" tab, disable the monitoring of all drives or any drive you
want, and that should delete all system restore points.

--
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Ed H wrote:
>> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
>> finding adware in system restore.
>
> How to find the answer:
>
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
> Example... I searched for "I forget how to delete system restore points"
> (Your words - 100%):
> http://www.google.com/search?q=I+for...restore+points
>
> The second hit is:
> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>
> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and turning it
> back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice in your case - not
> knowing which system restore point contains the 'issue'. There is another
> method for keeping things tidy with system restore points...
>
> The fourth hit on the google search performed using the first sentence in
> your posting gives:
> http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...ee-disk-space/
> ... which is somewhat a reference to:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
> ... where they inform you (further down the article) how to 'remove all
> restore points except the most recent restore point'...
>
> Good luck!
>

He needs to delete *all* restore points, not all but ...

Alias

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:02:33 -0400, "Ed H" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I forget how to delete system restore points.


System Restore points form a chain, and can't be deleted individually.
You can delete them all, all but the latest, or none. Those are your
only choices.


> Ad-aware 2007 keeps finding
> adware in system restore.


When you say "in System Restore," I assume you mean in restore
*points*.

Any form of malware--whether adware, virus, or anything else--in a
restore point is completely innocuous and can do nothing at all
*unless* you restore from that restore point.

I wouldn't try to get rid of the restore points, but just keep a
record of which are infected and be sure not to restore from them.
Wait for the infected point(s) to fall off the end of the chain--a
maximum of 90 days.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Ed H wrote:
> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
> finding adware in system restore.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> How to find the answer:
>
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
> Example... I searched for "I forget how to delete system restore
> points" (Your words - 100%):
> http://www.google.com/search?q=I+for...restore+points
>
> The second hit is:
> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>
> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
> 'issue'. There is another method for keeping things tidy with
> system restore points...
> The fourth hit on the google search performed using the first
> sentence in your posting gives:
> http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...ee-disk-space/
> ... which is somewhat a reference to:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
> ... where they inform you (further down the article) how to 'remove
> all restore points except the most recent restore point'...
>
> Good luck!

Alias wrote:
> He needs to delete *all* restore points, not all but ...

Alias,

Thanks for reiterating the point I made with:

> The second hit is:
> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>
> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
> 'issue'.

;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Ed H wrote:
>> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
>> finding adware in system restore.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>> How to find the answer:
>>
>> Search using Google!
>> http://www.google.com/
>> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>>
>> Example... I searched for "I forget how to delete system restore
>> points" (Your words - 100%):
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=I+for...restore+points
>>
>> The second hit is:
>> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>>
>> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
>> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
>> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
>> 'issue'. There is another method for keeping things tidy with
>> system restore points...
>> The fourth hit on the google search performed using the first
>> sentence in your posting gives:
>> http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...ee-disk-space/
>> ... which is somewhat a reference to:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>> ... where they inform you (further down the article) how to 'remove
>> all restore points except the most recent restore point'...
>>
>> Good luck!
>
> Alias wrote:
>> He needs to delete *all* restore points, not all but ...
>
> Alias,
>
> Thanks for reiterating the point I made with:
>
>> The second hit is:
>> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>>
>> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
>> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
>> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
>> 'issue'.
>
> ;-)
>

Oh well, that's what I get for not reading the whole post. My apologies.

Alias

Ed H wrote:
> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
> finding adware in system restore.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> How to find the answer:
>
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
> Example... I searched for "I forget how to delete system restore
> points" (Your words - 100%):
> http://www.google.com/search?q=I+for...restore+points
>
> The second hit is:
> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>
> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
> 'issue'. There is another method for keeping things tidy with
> system restore points...
> The fourth hit on the google search performed using the first
> sentence in your posting gives:
> http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...ee-disk-space/
> ... which is somewhat a reference to:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
> ... where they inform you (further down the article) how to 'remove
> all restore points except the most recent restore point'...
>
> Good luck!

Alias wrote:
> He needs to delete *all* restore points, not all but ...

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Alias,
>
> Thanks for reiterating the point I made with:
>
>> The second hit is:
>> http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.co...re-points.html
>>
>> Where they walk you through turning off the System Restore and
>> turning it back on. Unfortunately - this is likely the best choice
>> in your case - not knowing which system restore point contains the
>> 'issue'.
>
> ;-)

Alias wrote:
> Oh well, that's what I get for not reading the whole post. My
> apologies.

Not a big deal.
It's actually a good thing - shows agreement in the method the OP should
use. :-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan

The relationship between Ad-Aware 2007 and System Restore leaves me
uneasy. It is one thing to have a serious malware infestation and
another to have minor unwanted Tracking of your privacy. If you have
delete restore points for the latter reason then you are seriously
undermining the value of System Restore. Whilst Ad-Aware 2007
facilitates the creation of new restore points this does not help if you
want to retain a restore point from a little while back because you have
made some major changes. There seems to be no facility to directly
exclude System Restore from the scanning process.

In Spybot S & D you can tell the software to ignore malware in a restore
point.

Am I missing something?


--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Ed H wrote:
>> I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps
>> finding adware in system restore.
>
snipped

>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP