Tuesday, 31 January 2017

DELETE SYSTEM RESTORE FILES?

YES,

-AFTER SCAN YOUR PC FOR VIRUS, THE PC IS MOST LIKELY STILL AT RISK, SINCE SYSTEM RESTORE SERVICE MAY INCLUDE INFECTED FILES IN A RESTORE POINT.

-SO, AFTER THE PC HAS BEEN CLEANED, THE SYSTEM RESTORE FILES SHOULD BE DELETED.

WHY...?

-IF THE SYSTEM RESTORE IS USED TO RESTORE THE PC, RESTORE POINTS THAT CONTAIN INFECTED FILES WILL NOT BE LISTED AND THEREFORE, WILL NOT RE-INFECT THE PC

<STEPS>

-CLICK "START BUTTON".
-RIGHT CLICK "COMPUTER" AND CHOOSE "PROPERTIES".
-THEN SELECT "SYSTEM PROTECTION TAB".
-SELECT DRIVE THAT CONTAIN THE RESTORE POINTS YOU WISH TO DELETE.
-CLICK "CONFIGURE".
-CLICK "DELETE" AND THEN CLICK  "CONTINUE" TO DELETE.

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