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To: thecow who wrote (35240)	7/18/2003 1:17:30 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Ok tc, I understand that the virus could be lurking in the system restore point made prior to restoring. So it follows that it is a good idea to purge previous restore points, as you said. What I'm wondering is if a virus residing in system restore can carry out the intended actions of the virus from there. I would think this would only be a serious threat if one unwittingly restored from this point. The context of the Microsoft article you linked was what to do when your AV software finds a virus in system restore. It didn't state whether or not a virus can execute from within a system restore point, short of restoring from that point. I was just curious about whether this was a critical step, or just a good idea... Esteban