Sharon,
I mean the system restore function in XP which we both understand this is
the "restore function" we are talking about.
Do I disable the restore function in xp when it is in the slave drive WHEN
I want to do a virus scan?
And I do not quite understand what you are saying quote-
"System Restore? No. Symantec (Norton's antivirus) has been recommending
disabling of System Restore when cleaning a virus"
but at the end quote:-
" Scan the system after disabling to be sure that the virus is gone. Then
enable it again. "
In the first quote, you are saying its not necessary (to disable it for
v/scanning) but in the 2nd quote, you are saying disable then scan then
disable.
Apologise if I have not describe the scenario correctly in my first post.
Look forward for your clarification, thanks
"Restore" can mean many things - restore from an image file, recovery or
restore programs from the manufacturer, XP's System Restore, etc. So I'm
glad that you specified which one you are talking about.
Sorry if I sounded contradictory in my virus but when scanning the system
for viruses, you do not need to disable system restore. There is no good
reason to give up restore points if they are not infected.
*If* a virus is discovered and *if* your antivirus program notifies you
that the infected file is in one of the System Volume Information folders
(hidden folders used by system restore) -- the program will also tell you
that it can not repair or remove the virus. If and when these things
happen, *then* disable system restore to dump the contents of the System
Volume Information folders. Under these conditions, the restore points are
useless to you if they are infected.
Once that is done, then run the scan with antivirus program again.
It doesn't matter what drive or partition you're concerned about. The above
would apply to any drive being monitored by System Restore and that you
intend to scan for viruses.
