? could doing a system restore have gotten rid of XP security 2012 or am I dreaming?

Hubby was trolling for T&A this morning. Microsoft Security Essentials caught a file which details said was of medium risk. I thought it was some advertisement software, caught, therefore not dangerous. When he finished ogling, we had XP Security 2012.

I recognized it as being not something I owned and not part of the system, so I clicked on nothing that popped up except to close it. Even so, I quickly could not explore my machine, connect to the web, run any program, etc.

I started surfing for info on another PC, looked at all the registry hooks it might have in addition to the variable names, and booted the infected PC into safe mode. Windows, of course, reminded me of system restore, I figured what the hey, and restored to a point 3 days ago.

When it came back up, I was not seeing signs of XP Security 2012. I could find MSE again, get to the web without being told Firefox was infected, open a DOS window, see the real Windows Security Center, etc. I then installed and ran a quick check with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It found 4 items, 2 of which were PUMs that I did make and wanted. MAM is now running a full scan of the previously infected drive and the backup HD in that machine.

My question is, what are the chances that I've dodged a bullet versus that the beast is hiding? MAM was mentioned on many sites as being able to get rid of this trojan, so I would think it would find any leftover parts on a scan, yes?

(btw, hubby is restricted to the Playboy site from now on.)

 

Re: ? could doing a system restore have gotten rid of XP security 2012 or am I dreami

Thanks for getting back to me.

I had hoped for a more specific response than that, but CYA is an understandable attitude in the circumstances.

Thanks again.