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Help me delete Virus

by zzhog Feb 20, 2009 3:22PM PST

I ran a deep scan on my pc using Bit Defender. It cleaned my drives except for 7 virus's being held in archived files. Can anyone help me with a walk-thru in order to access these files and rid them from my pc?

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Which Archived files?

by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Feb 20, 2009 9:04PM PST

If the anti-virus has found these in the System Restore backup files, then the easiest way is to disable System Restore then immediately re-enable it. That will delete all those backup files where viruses can hide.

To disable System Restore, find your My Computer icon, right click it and select Properties. In the System Properties window click the System Restore tab, and select the disable System Restore option, click Apply. Then remove that selection and click Apply again. It is always best to re-scan with your anti-virus afterwards.

Mark

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