If no, in what way can "System Restore" help?
2006-06-22 06:18:55 · 13 answers · asked by sandeeprth 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Try doing a "System Restore" in safe mode (f8 on restart). That turns off most of the programs that automatically run on startup. This where a lot of virus' hide. Make sure that you go back to a date far enough to restore system prior to the suspected infection.
2006-06-22 06:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can depending that your entire hard dravie was not wiped out. I have had this happen a few times in the past year, get a virus or trojan that nothing will get rid of whatsoever and it's embedded so deep I can't locate it and had to system restore. It helped. It may not help entirely but every time I have had to do it, it solved all of my problems. You have nothing to lose basically doing a sustem restore it will just take your computer back to whatever day you select (select one of the days before your computer messed up). If it doesn't help you are no worse for the wear, but in most cases it will solve the problem.
2006-06-22 06:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by Shadow419 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
System restore can be quite helpful in case of problems. However, most of viruses will save themselves inside of your system restore files so that if you do a restore, the virus comes back.
However, a good antivirus software will keep that from happening.
2006-06-22 06:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by CG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
System restore can be quite helpful in case of problems. However, a lot of viruses will save themselves inside of your system restore files so that if you do a restore, the virus comes back.
However, a good antivirus solution will keep that from happening.
2006-06-22 06:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
System Restore will help out in cases of virus attacks or accidental/incorrect configuration changes to the computer, but won't restore lost data for you. It'll work to fix your Operating System and applications/programs but won't repair/bring back files you've created.
2006-06-22 06:39:34 · answer #5 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should get Norton AntiVirus. It will Restore to before the virus attacked you but the cirus may make its way back.
2006-06-22 07:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo! Answerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A restore does not bring back deleted files.
It reverses things that were added, drivers updates etc but does not recover lost files.
2006-06-22 06:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure! it is what it is designed for...but if you use it to fix damage done by a virus, you must remove the virus first and find out when it was put on your computer and exactly how so that you can go back to a time before you got it so you dont just get it again....
2006-06-22 06:30:18 · answer #8 · answered by susuze2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deadliest?, i'm undecided What you propose. The quickest to Kill, probable some "Ebola ssp.", the variety of Deaths, probable some "Orthomyxovirus ssp." (particularly, Inf. A), BTW, Malaria is led to by making use of a Parasite, no longer an endemic.
2016-10-31 07:25:53 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for some viruses, but you should get a good anti-virus and clean it properly.
2006-06-22 06:22:27 · answer #10 · answered by David Rice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋