Turn off System Restore When Cleaning Spyware That Keeps Coming Back

Contributed by nullvariable

October 8, 2004

Tagged: Windows spyware

How to turn off the system restore feature that many spyware programs use to keep returning even if you delete them.

I have found that many spyware programs will hijack the windows restore feature so that even if you have a good spyware removal program (My favorite is: SpySweeper.)

Here’s how to turn off the system restore feature:

Goto your desktop.
Select My Computer.
Right-click and choose properties.
Select the tab: system restore.
Select the option: Turn off System restore on all drives.
Press: OK
Run your spyware removal tool
Reboot

You should be good to go now.

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Doing this will delete prior restore points I believe; which might not be a bad idea since some trojans and viruses like to hide there. Another good tip is when running a spyware program is to do it in windows safemode making it easier to remove those that like to lock themselves in.

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