system restore

[Iain Denby]

Hey guys, how do I get to the system restore wizard in XP?

 

I think my pc was hacked a few days ago. Little programs have been installed on my system which seem to re-create themselves with a different name every time I boot up. So I need to try to get my system back to how it was...but how?

[Chaz]

If you have system restore on.

 

Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools -

System Restore

[Iain Denby]

Thanks Chaz

 

That's done the trick.

[xgarcia]

Be sure to run ZoneAlarm or some type of software firewall that alerts you when something is trying to connect in or out of your box (ideally you should have a hardware firewall as well, ie firewall router).

 

Turn off the preview window in your email client (Outlook , Mozilla...). Check message sources before opening suspicious emails. I'm so paranoid I check almost all incoming emails before opening them. I've never had a virus. Over the last two weeks I've received the My Worm virus email about 10 times, each time checking the source and seeing under "content...7 bit". Delete.

 

Lastly, run Ad-aware (google search it, it's freeware) to get those data miners off your hard drive. Glad you could resolve this with system restore, but I wouldn't depend on this "feature" of XP. In fact, i've got it turned off.

[David Knourek]

Yea I fully agree with xgarcia in that I dont't trust anything "automated" from M$ as usually its more of a hinderance than a help.

 

-dave