Re: System restore question

Hi

The system could still be infected - depending on where the virus installed
itself on the hard disk/partition. It could also be dependent on which
particular trojan infected the system.


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Will Denny
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"Nocturnal" <nocturnal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If someone downloads and runs a trojan and then uses system restore to
> back to a system restore point prior to running the virus, is that
> computer still infected?
>
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> Nocturnal
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