Will A System Restore delete Daemon Tools Lite Viruses?

[dsheinberger]

I downloaded Daemon Tools lite, realized it included viruses, deleted the adware and SYstem Restored. Will the potential viruses still remain or am I screwed?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

removal of the software should remove them, unless they successfully installed.

I'd run a thorough anti-virus sweep with multiple anti virus programs to be sure you cleaned it all out

 

[boosted1g]

A "system restore" does not delete any files.

All a system restore does is that it restores the system registry to an earlier date.

If the virus relies on the system registry to execute it at startup then this will "defeat" the virus because nothing is executing it at startup.
However if the virus is more sophisticated then that (most have been for the last 5 years) then a system restore wont do much.

This is why you need a real backup solution, preferably one for files and another that does full-disk backups. At which point you could easily restore your entire hard drive to its pre-virus point and then just add back in the files you need.