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ALTERNATIVE TO SYSTEM RESTORE / SYSTEM RESTORE points DELTED BY VIRUS

is there any alternative to WINDOWS SYSTEM RESTORE
well u may think why i am first of all asking this question

when there is a built in SYSTEM RESTORE available in windows

well the simple reason is nowadays viruses have become smarter
they delete the restore points too

even if u manage to delte the virus and all its traces u can still

undo the settings which it might have changed in ur PC because u dont know
where it might have made changes because the registry is very huge

eg. " U CANT VIEW HIDDEN FILES BECAUSE THE VIRUS CORRUPTS UR REGISTRY
SO THAT IT CAN HIDE ITSELF AS A HIDDEN FILE"

SYSTEM RESTORE ALLOWS U TO UNDO SUCH CHANGES BY VIRUSES

BUT RECENTLY THE VIRUS ARE SO SMART THAT THEY DELETE ALL THE RESTORE POINTS
so even if u remove the virus and try to undo the changes u cannot do that with SYSTEM RESTOR

i have noticed this pattern in the VIRUSES found lately

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viju2008

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@ smittyboom

where in my post have i said that system restore is an alternative to anti- virus

anti virus is required to know wheter i am infected and alter me of the infection,delete the virus file

sometimes these viruses if undetected by AV infect ur system or

sometimes a virus infects u and then after the next update of the antivirus u realize that u had been

infected by a virus
so wat to do in this case u manage to delte the virus but it might have corrupted ur system so u need
to restore it back to a previous state when the system was not infected so
SYSTEM RESTORE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YA BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT AN ALTERNTIVE to ANTI VIRUS
HELPFUL

smittyboom

i understand. and i guess the only replacement for a system restore would be a system backup. my only point was that if a virus has infected and has infected the restore system then you would not want to use the system restore in the first place. You can one of these products though.
-GoBack
-FirstDefense
-RestoreIt

viju2008

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@smitty boon

isnt there any way in which we can create a backup of the restore points periodically
and when requiered use them with system restore

smittyboom

Windows has a built in tool for backing up your system and you tell it to back up All The Information On This Computer. Weather it backs up the actual system restore i cannot answer. But this would give you a backup point that you could use to restore to. And it may actually back up the system restore but i am unsure of that.

viju2008

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the virus is deleting those restore points

so i want to make a copy of it and save it somewhere to use later