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System Restore...

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by VA49er, May 7, 2005.

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  1. May 7, 2005 at 1:51 PM #1
    VA49er

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    Best way to get rid of a homepage hijack!!
     
  2. May 7, 2005 at 1:58 PM #2
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    And the best way to keep it coming back. Turn it off.
     
  3. May 7, 2005 at 4:11 PM #3
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    System restore is one of the first things I turn off. And firefox is one of the first things I install. No problems ;)
     
  4. May 7, 2005 at 8:24 PM #4
    VA49er

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    Who's that? It happened last night and I tried everything to get rid of it. Ad-aware, CWShredder, Spybot. Didn't try hijack this because I don't know what to do with all the info it gives you. Only thing that worked was the system restore. You saying that won't keep it away or that I should just use Mozilla?
     
  5. May 7, 2005 at 8:54 PM #5
    mathmajors

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    I'm saying get your PC cleaned up and then turn off System Restore. A lot of times it restores stuff you don't want - like viruses and spyware. Our problems with repeat offenders went down significantly when we did.
     
  6. May 8, 2005 at 9:27 AM #6
    jazzbluescat

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    Why turn system restore off? Seems like just not using it would be sufficient. Restore doesn't restore unless you implement it, does it?
     
  7. May 8, 2005 at 3:57 PM #7
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    That's what I was thinking but I could see it restoring crap you don't want later on.
     
  8. May 8, 2005 at 5:47 PM #8
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    Disable your messenger service ,,,, go to Control Panel , Performance and Maintenance , Administrative Tools , Services
     
  9. May 9, 2005 at 4:34 PM #9
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    Done. Now what exactly did that do in a technical sense?
     
  10. May 9, 2005 at 8:04 PM #10
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    Kept you from getting messages from anyone on your Windows network. It did not, for example, turn off system restore.
     
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