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Ed H
I forget how to delete system restore points. Ad-aware 2007 keeps finding
adware in system restore.
adware in system restore.
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Alias
Ed said:
Right click on My Computer/Properties/System Restore tab. Untick it and
say Yes to the pop up. Reboot. Reenable it.
Alias
S
Shenan Stanley
Ed said:
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+forget+how+to+delete+system+restore+points
The second hit is:
http://windowxptutortips.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-delete-system-restore-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/2005/04/12/delete-system-restore-points-to-free-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!
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Eduardo Cerejo
Ed said:
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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Alias
Shenan said:
He needs to delete *all* restore points, not all but ...
Alias
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Ken Blake, MVP
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.
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.
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Shenan Stanley
Ed said:
Shenan said:
Alias,
Thanks for reiterating the point I made with:
;-)
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Alias
Shenan said:
Oh well, that's what I get for not reading the whole post. My apologies.
Alias
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Shenan Stanley
Ed said:
Shenan said:
Shenan said:
Not a big deal.
It's actually a good thing - shows agreement in the method the OP should
use.
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Gerry
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
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Shenan Stanley
Ed said:
Shenan said:
The question of LavaSoft's choice in design is not one I would discuss
anyway. It's not really something important in this thread.
The fact is that the infestation still exists on the OPs system even if it
is in the system restore point. While some people may wish to keep some
older restore points and get rid of just the ones with the infestation
'backed up' in it - there is no utility to erase specific restore points -
so if you do not want to risk forgetting which one you should not utilize in
the future and re-infesting yourself - I suggest that the best course of
action is to delete them all (restore points). Then you can start a new set
of restore points with your clean system.
The fact is that for most people who would get an infestation that would be
found in this way - they don't utilize system restore that much. Case in
point - the first sentence of the original posting... "I forget how to
delete system restore points." Someone who actually utilizes system restore
as it was intended know its limitations for the most part. (If they do
not - it's like all the people who "dabble with" EFS - they are playing with
fire and not bothering to learn anything beforehand.)
For those that do happen to get an infestation and *do* utilize system
restore the way it was intended (or beyond that, even) - those people likely
can/will be able to keep track of which one not to use and are unlikely to
be the ones asking such a question on these newsgroups anyway (and they
probably utilize other means to backup their system for 'major changes' that
work *much better* than the limited System Restore. ;-)
(Also - I believe that with Ad-Aware 2007, you could add the folder or at
least the resulting find of the bum system restore point file to an "ignore
list" so that just like Spybot - it will not notify you anymore about it.
Something lik Scan > Quarantine and Ignore > Ignore Tab...)
Sounds like you might want to visit the LavaSoft Forums and ask that/point
that out. ;-)
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
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PA Bear [MS MVP]
Ignore the finding and do NOT use any of those Restore Points. They'll
automagically disappear over time.
Ad-Aware Support Forum
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
automagically disappear over time.
Ad-Aware Support Forum
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/