Virus farked my PC

[JohnR]

Spence - did this get resolved?

Originally Posted by Adam_777

I have an acronis image made up after a clean install.I fully updated the OS and installed all of the programs I use then I made the back up.Now if I need to back up I will have all of my programs and be updated at least until the date I made the image.Made a boot disk on dvd and keep that and a windows boot disc on hand.I run a program called Tuneup Utilities that fixes shortcuts .Not sure if it works in XP but it does in win7.I am the only one that uses my PC so it never gets viruses or spyware.

Acronis is fair: C, Shadow Protect is pretty stinking good: B+

Cannot stress enough how good / important backups really are.

If you value your data, you have a prevention and recovery strategy. I should probably put together an article/post on quick & dirty backup.

[spence]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Spence - did this get resolved?

Ha, no..just been dealing with it. I only use this PC for surfing and storing digital photos...

Have been too busy to put too much effort into it.

I bought a 1t drive to image my wife's Macbook when she fried it, so I might just upgrade this machine anyway to get a USB2 port and backup to the external. This is a really old and slow box...

-spence

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Spence - did this get resolved?



Acronis is fair: C, Shadow Protect is pretty stinking good: B+

Cannot stress enough how good / important backups really are.

If you value your data, you have a prevention and recovery strategy. I should probably put together an article/post on quick & dirty backup.

John i also have and use Shadow Protect IT edition but its way to powerful for the regular user Acronis is more user friendly.