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jagguy

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virus
« on: May 06, 2005, 05:50:03 AM »
avast found a  virus in my winxp p4 PC
the file was in c:\system volume..\_restore\{...}

what do I do with this. if I delete could my system crach and if I move it then it just sits in avast folder and everytime you run avast it complains of the same virus in avast chest area?


Offline Lisandro

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Re: virus
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2005, 05:52:27 AM »
avast found a  virus in my winxp p4 PC
the file was in c:\system volume..\_restore\{...}

what do I do with this.

Just disable System Restore.
Generally, recurring infection could be prevented disabling XP System Restore, scanning (or boot scanning), boot, enabling System Restore again.
Hope this helps.
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