system restore

Hi folks,

Can a trojan or a virus activate system restore in Windows XP? My system restore is OFF because I've had problems with trojans re-installing themselves.

Thanks in advance for your help,
John

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks John.

Have moved your thread to our Malware forum so that Chaslang or Shadow_Puter_Dude can answer your question.

If you are still having trojan issues:

Please run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.

After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:

Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis


When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too (these scans are covered in steps 6 & 7 of the READ & RUN ME sticky)

• Bitdefender
• Panda Scan
• HijackThis

Good Luck!