Antivirus Caught Virus That Isn't A Virus - I'm Confused!

**koolx** · January 30th, 2010, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by CCT

Good!

So, after a couple days, delete your Malwarebytes quarantine file and if you have Syetem Restore enabled, turn it off and reboot. This will ensure that the virus doesn't hide there.

Then re-enable System Restore.

Hey, CCT... yes, I will delete the quarantined file tomorrow, as per your instruction. And I always had System Restore off anyway for better system performance, so thats no problem. I'll let you know... Thanks man!

**slgrieb** · January 30th, 2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by koolx

And I always had System Restore off anyway for better system performance

And that is one of the worst decisions you could possibly make. System Restore has a tiny impact on performance and may save you untold hours of grief. If you want an overview of the process read this. When any events happen that trigger the creation of a Restore Point, there is a small write delay incurred, but it is very short and only occurs at the beginning of the event.

**CCT** · January 30th, 2010, 08:22 PM

Heed the advice of slgrieb - he is absolutely correct (as usual).

**koolx** · February 6th, 2010, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by slgrieb

And that is one of the worst decisions you could possibly make. System Restore has a tiny impact on performance and may save you untold hours of grief. If you want an overview of the process read this. When any events happen that trigger the creation of a Restore Point, there is a small write delay incurred, but it is very short and only occurs at the beginning of the event.

slgrieb, thanks for the warning, but I already got a pen drive to save me in case something goes wrong. Thanks anyway.