

(Disclaimer: The safest course of action for a virus infected computer is to first backup everything. This is easily fixed if you take a few precautions.

Likewise, if you ever need to restore that drive, the virus infected file will also restored. This will cause problems because your virus checker will repeatedly find it but be unable to clear it. If you have recently had a virus, most likely it is now stored in your system restore directory. Virus checkers often have difficulty clearing infected virus files from your system restore directory.įor example, in a system I recently repaired a kaspersky scan continued to show trojan files trapped in files that begin with “C:\System Volume Information\_restore…”

This tech-recipe will describe how to remove this hidden danger if you get infected. Viruses can often get stuck and hidden in Window’s system restore area.
