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>-----Original Message-----
>Despite your efforts, you have a virus. Sounds like more
than one. Some
>things to keep in mind:
>
>1. Virus scanners need to start with Windows and run in
the background at
>all times to be effective.
>2. You must keep your virus definitions up to date.
>3. You must install all security updates from Windows
Update as soon as they
>are available.
>4. For a virus scanner to have a chance at identifying a
virus, the virus
>must be intact. If you try to remove a virus on your own,
or if you like to
>tweak or clean your system without a complete knowledge
of what you're
>doing, you can remove enough of a virus for it to escape
the detection of a
>scanner but not enough to completely remove the virus.
>5. Virus scanners greatly increase your defense against
viruses, but no
>virus scanner is perfect. And no virus scanner (or
spyware detector) can
>protect a user who is not following safe computing
practices.
>
>If you are completely unable to remove the virus(es)
you'll have to backup
>your data and do clean installs of all your software.
>--
>Ted Zieglar
>
>
>"LEADOFF" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:384f01c4c291$ee4b8670$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> To add to an earlier post ... I just tried to use the
>> system restore and it won't allow me to do so. I can't
go
>> to a past restore point, not even last month.
>
I have kept Norton up to date at least 3 times a week.
Mirosoft sent me the service pack 2. Not to be smart a""
but I think of myself as not a novice. There's not a lot
that I can't do as far as maintaining my system but this
one has me stumped. I think it's some spyware and a virus
that AV's can't pick up??? I'll keep working on it.
>
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