BleepingComputer.com: Combo-Fix lost my page history

There are weekly folders available but they won't open, would be very nice to get them back, guide me please

We do not offer support for Combofix
If you read the disclaimer, you would know this

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Take ownership of file or folder:
XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
Vista - http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/how-to-tak...lders-in-vista/
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-ta...rship-file.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130137-c...-vista-fix.html

Dont need "support" , just wan't to know if there is someway to "cancel" combofix or get the page history working.
By folders i mean the dated folders in the browser which have the content of visited pages.

Toni

P.S

It's humane to make mistakes ;)

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• Click START then RUN
  
• Now type Combofix /u in the runbox and click OK
  
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  Note: There's a space between Combofix and /
  
  
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Thank You, is this a "sureshot" or is there something that can go wrong in cancellation.
Does it bring the OS 100% to state before c-fix.

Toni

It uninstalls Combofix
Do you have a restore point you can go back to?

renner, on Oct 5 2009, 10:29 PM, said:

When working with malware and malware removal tools a "sureshot" cannot be counted on. In other words no guarantees.

renner, on Oct 6 2009, 12:29 AM, said:

Absolutely not.

CF is a malware removal tool--it is designed to bring a system back to the state it was in before the malware was there. So if uninstalling it brought a system back to what it was like before CF, then you would be back to an infected system.

When you run CF, several things happen to prepare the system to make malware removal easier. Very little remains on your system if you don't uninstall it. And then when you do uninstall it, it does some post cleanup tasks. One of those is it resets System Restore so that you don't get reinfected from malware backed up there. So you lose all your restore points--if the problem wasn't malware in the first place then you've just lost one way to help yourself.

This is one of many reasons why we try to get thru to people that they should not run ConboFix unless there is a good reason to do so. It should only be run when someone trained in malware removal has analysed your system and asks you to run it with their guidance. Don't run it because it might maybe help you once in a blue moon or because all your friends are doing it. Don't confuse it with an antivirus.

Hindsight is 20-20, you realize your mistake now, just wanted you to know and if you have any friends that might make the same mistake, spread the word.

I'm still not 100% clear what you mean by page history--do you mean your browser's history? If so, I believe CF does delete that and temp internet files. Once again, what has been deleted will not come back when CF is uninstalled. I don't believe it prevents the History from building up again while it's installed, but in any event, go ahead and uninstall CF and check if History entries are being added again. What browser are you using?

My apologies, but I just can't pass this up:

renner, on Oct 5 2009, 08:01 AM, said:

It's humane to feed the hungry.
It's human to make mistakes.

Forgive me, i'm from finland so my grammar ain't that perfect and yes i mean browser's history.
I have IE7.