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Ried · 06-05-2008, 10:00 PM

Absolutely--it's a great idea.

While it may not be needed at this time, infections these days tend to patch a lot of critical system files which often result in multiple problems, one of which can be an unbootable machine. Having Window's Recovery Console installed on your machine in advance can save a lot of heartache in the future.

Apparently you've effectively erradicated the infection as your logs are clean.

What you'll want to do now is create a clean restore point (If you haven't already.)

Click Start >> Run - type SYSDM.CPL & press Enter
* Select the System Restore Tab
* Tick on the checkbox - "Turn off System Restore on all drives"
Click Apply
* Then untick the same checkbox & click OK
This will flush out previous restore points (which contain the infections) and create a new restore point.

06-05-2008, 10:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ried Assistant Manager, TSF Academy; Moderator/Analyst Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 27,103 OS: WinXP and Vista	Re: Found and removed WORM_AGENT.DFFZ and xyzdyn.exe infections; are there others? Absolutely--it's a great idea. While it may not be needed at this time, infections these days tend to patch a lot of critical system files which often result in multiple problems, one of which can be an unbootable machine. Having Window's Recovery Console installed on your machine in advance can save a lot of heartache in the future. Apparently you've effectively erradicated the infection as your logs are clean. What you'll want to do now is create a clean restore point (If you haven't already.) Click Start >> Run - type SYSDM.CPL & press Enter * Select the System Restore Tab * Tick on the checkbox - "Turn off System Restore on all drives" Click Apply * Then untick the same checkbox & click OK This will flush out previous restore points (which contain the infections) and create a new restore point. __________________ Member of ASAP since 2005 Member of UNITE since 2006 "It is one life whether we spend it laughing or weeping." "Take the time to laugh--it is the music of the soul."