i am seeking assistance on malware removal and system restore. some people tell me to properly remove such is to disable system restore while others say that it is a bad idea to do in case something goes wrong, plus if i restore back like a week before the problem, that would clear some of the malware and or hijack. i am very confused on what to tell a friend of mine to do with it as i was always led to believe that SR be disabled to properly clean a system, btw, it is an XP based system. just seeking assistance on this to whom may know for sure. thank you.

Hi jaybee.. IMHO it is best to reset system restore AFTER you get your computer cleaned of Malware and spyware. A bad system restore point is better than none at all. Once you disable system restore all previous points get deleted... I would wait til after the fixing to reset system restore.

thank you for your insight, another question, how about clearing all previous restore except the current. can that be done?

Hello jaybee and welcome to BC.



When you turn of System Restore (SR) all the restore points are deleted. Turning it back on will create a new restore point. So, if you do this without rebooting, you will have a current restore point.



That is from Microsoft. So it depends on the file system you are using, whether or not you need to delete the restore points.

disk cleanup, more options tab reads..."you can free up more disk space by removing all but the most recent restore point" in the system restore tab...will that work for clearing an infection in restore?

Only if the most recent restore point is not infected.

cool, thats a ton of help in making sure. at least there is options other then just disabling it first, i use and have suggested ERUNT for the registry back up, a nice little utility. many thanks for the great support here at BP, i'll try to frequent the site.