to disable System Restore? Is it a command? (eg; "You must disable System Restore before the scan can continue), or is it a suggestion?
I scan my computer weekly, sometimes more, with AVG 7 and I never disable System Restore for the very reason you mention. If ever I did find a virus in any of the System Restore files, I would tackle the issue then.
I can't imagine Norton is preventing you to scan "unless" System Restore is disabled, so I wonder if you have misunderstood the message.
Mark
when I do my weekly antivirus check I am asked to deactivate the restore function. That's OK but when I do this all the restore points vanish so that I would have no recourse to them if something went wrong during the antivirus check. Is there a possibility of having your cake and eating it, that is cancelling only the last restore point and keeping the previous ones, or at least keeping some restore point that may be needed? I run an XP Pro with AMD processor and Norton antivirus software. Thanks - Amos.

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