system recovery problem

[niknak1953]

I am using Windows XP Service pack 3.
I downloaded a song from a website that I am a member of and for the first
time, it attached an add on that now gives me pop-up adds. I removed the add
on from my control panel, but I am still getting these pop-up adds every time
I connect to the internet. I tried to do a system restore for an hour or two
earlier from when I downloaded the song, and system restore would not let me
do a download. The message was that system restore could not restore
computer to date I choose, and to try a different date....well I also
downloaded Norton Security Suite the same day I downloaded the song and I
didn't want to go back any further becuase I didn't want to lose the Norton
Security Suite.......Also when I try to manually enter a date for System
Recovery and changes the date to Read todays date and the day before that I
entered, and then when I try to recover for that and gives me the same
message as when I choose the date only on the calender......Please help I
never got these adds before and I need to find out why my System Restore is
not working or if I am doing something wrong.

 

[Andrew E.]

If restore reset its date(s),then it must have had a problem within the OS,
maybe open event-viewer & get some details..Also,in disk-clean up utility,
locate "more options" tab,go to bottom,click "delete all but most current
date"...You might even turn off restore for a few pc starts,run disk-clean,
defrag,then turn on restore.Recovery is also known as reinstallation of OS.

"niknak1953" wrote:

> I am using Windows XP Service pack 3.
> I downloaded a song from a website that I am a member of and for the first
> time, it attached an add on that now gives me pop-up adds. I removed the add
> on from my control panel, but I am still getting these pop-up adds every time
> I connect to the internet. I tried to do a system restore for an hour or two
> earlier from when I downloaded the song, and system restore would not let me
> do a download. The message was that system restore could not restore
> computer to date I choose, and to try a different date....well I also
> downloaded Norton Security Suite the same day I downloaded the song and I
> didn't want to go back any further becuase I didn't want to lose the Norton
> Security Suite.......Also when I try to manually enter a date for System
> Recovery and changes the date to Read todays date and the day before that I
> entered, and then when I try to recover for that and gives me the same
> message as when I choose the date only on the calender......Please help I
> never got these adds before and I need to find out why my System Restore is
> not working or if I am doing something wrong.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"niknak1953" <niknak1953@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0520ACE8-FD82-4BEF-8E02-5F3E72E47431@microsoft.com...
>I am using Windows XP Service pack 3.
> I downloaded a song from a website that I am a member of and for the first
> time, it attached an add on that now gives me pop-up adds. I removed the
> add
> on from my control panel, but I am still getting these pop-up adds every
> time
> I connect to the internet. I tried to do a system restore for an hour or
> two
> earlier from when I downloaded the song, and system restore would not let
> me
> do a download. The message was that system restore could not restore
> computer to date I choose, and to try a different date....well I also
> downloaded Norton Security Suite the same day I downloaded the song and I
> didn't want to go back any further becuase I didn't want to lose the
> Norton
> Security Suite.......Also when I try to manually enter a date for System
> Recovery and changes the date to Read todays date and the day before that
> I
> entered, and then when I try to recover for that and gives me the same
> message as when I choose the date only on the calender......Please help I
> never got these adds before and I need to find out why my System Restore
> is
> not working or if I am doing something wrong.

System restore won't fix this problem. You've infected your system via a
download, and you don't clean that with System Restore.

Download and run ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com), and allow it to delete
whatever it finds. This will remove some of the potential infections, and
also speed up subsequent scans since there will be thousands fewer files to
check. Then download and run MalwareBytes, run a full scan, and let it
delete what it finds. You may also find that HijackThis helps, but that's
a more advanced tool.

Another problem is that it's likely that the restore points are also
infected, and are useless. To fix this, turn System Restore OFF, then on
again and create a new restore point after removing all the malware.

HTH
-pk

 

[Twayne]

In newsxUAl1J0KHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
Patrick Keenan <test@dev.null> typed:
> "niknak1953" <niknak1953@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> news:0520ACE8-FD82-4BEF-8E02-5F3E72E47431@microsoft.com...
>> I am using Windows XP Service pack 3.
>> I downloaded a song from a website that I am a member of
>> and for the first time, it attached an add on that now
>> gives me pop-up adds. I removed the add
>> on from my control panel, but I am still getting these
>> pop-up adds every time
>> I connect to the internet. I tried to do a system restore
>> for an hour or two
>> earlier from when I downloaded the song, and system
>> restore would not let me
>> do a download. The message was that system restore could
>> not restore computer to date I choose, and to try a
>> different date....well I also downloaded Norton Security
>> Suite the same day I downloaded the song and I didn't want
>> to go back any further becuase I didn't want to lose the
>> Norton Security Suite.......Also when I try to manually
>> enter a
>> date for System Recovery and changes the date to Read
>> todays date and the day before that I
>> entered, and then when I try to recover for that and gives
>> me the same message as when I choose the date only on the
>> calender......Please help I never got these adds before
>> and I need to find out why my System Restore is
>> not working or if I am doing something wrong.
>
> System restore won't fix this problem. You've infected
> your system via a download, and you don't clean that with
> System Restore.
> Download and run ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com), and allow it
> to delete whatever it finds. This will remove some of the
> potential infections, and also speed up subsequent scans
> since there will be thousands fewer files to check. Then
> download and run MalwareBytes, run a full scan, and let it
> delete what it finds. You may also find that HijackThis
> helps, but that's a more advanced tool.
> Another problem is that it's likely that the restore points
> are also infected, and are useless. To fix this, turn
> System Restore OFF, then on again and create a new restore
> point after removing all the malware.
> HTH
> -pk

And, check that the REstore Point will work.


HTH,

Twayne`