Does doing system restore get rid of spyware, adware, trojans, etc?

Question

Does doing system restore get rid of spyware, adware, trojans, etc?

Answer 1

Most of the time, no. Many viruses disable Microsoft Windows system restore, or rely on it to make you re-install the malware.

Answer 2

If you restore the system completelyto its factory settings yes, since you wipe everything off your hard drive you start fresh. If you just use system restore to take it back to a date in which it was working fine the viruses can get trapped in between, which later are harder to remove unless you reinstall the OS.

Answer 3

absolutely not! system restore, in most cases, is for solving problems caused by broken or corrupted registry entries or system files by reverting them back to the state how it was at the time that system restore point created. but viruses, trojans, spywares are meant to bury themselves into the core of the system files and once they're activated or spread their infection to the system, the first thing they'll do is infect those very files belong to registry or sysem files.at that point the only solution is use an antivirus software, an effective one. "hijack this" is another supportive alternative software to use along with av software.

Answer 4

Negative, most spyware and adware will embed itself into your registry. If you need a tool that has worked really great for me, try combofix....this has saved alot of my computers here at work.