Saturday, October 29, 2011

Turn off System Restore When Cleaning Spyware That Keeps Coming Back

Turn off System Restore When Cleaning Spyware That Keeps Coming Back

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.