# Bone head restore point question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398 "2010-01-25T19:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/1 "2010-01-25T19:03:07Z")
I am running Vista (32 bit I think) and managed last week to pick up a nasty bug. AVG failed to find it, while Spybot and AdAware were able to find some things, it still didn’t help. I rebooted into safe mode, and reloaded to a restore point that pre-dated all this mess. SpyBot, AdAware and MalWareBytes are all coming up clean now. Is it safe to assume that I’m clean? Thanks for the advice, oh masters of the digital Domain… (One of the reasons I love my AS/400 so much. very little of this sort of thing to deal with. lol) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/2 "2010-01-25T19:10:45Z")
I would say it is. I take it your three apps are up-to-date with their virus/adware definition files? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/3 "2010-01-25T19:17:33Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > (One of the reasons I love my AS/400 so much. very little of this sort of thing to deal with. lol) You are probably clean but the only way to be sure is to run a sniff on your your pits and sockets. I admire you for having an AS/400 at home. Few people do. They are solid as a rock although a little pricey. I don’t know why people always break it down into a binary PC/Mac debate. I have posted to this board from a main-frame. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/4 "2010-01-25T20:20:36Z")
… now that I think about it, I wonder if I could connect to the dope via the AS/400. Sadly, it’s at work, rather than home. I have seen boxes in garages and stuff, and it would be nifty as all get out to setup a home system. You know, for heavy batch processing. heheh Yep, all 3 were freshly updated as soon as I got the restore done, and run. I am quite relieved. Thank you for the reassurance. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/5 "2010-01-25T20:22:21Z")
You are probably clean. Restore is great when it works. Unfortunately, many of the nastier bugs will impair the restore function as a defense. I’ve not encountered one that “faked” a restore though. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/6 "2010-01-25T20:28:28Z")
Yeah **Kevbo** , I had to go into safe mode to get the restore to work. Restore, Task Manager, and the AVG interface all stopped working when booted normally, as well as IE and Firefox. Lame! All is working now, so I’m a happy camper. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/7 "2010-01-25T22:37:26Z")
The only way to confirm that you are clean is to run HijackThis and post your logs to an expert forum. Instructions here (Step 7): [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/8 "2010-01-26T02:39:28Z")
I know nothing about this subject . . . but gave up trying to parse the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-head-restore-point-question/526398/9 "2010-01-26T05:38:20Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > I am running Vista (32 bit I think) and managed last week to pick up a nasty bug. IMO, when you bought Vista, you picked a nasty bug.