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Old September 9th 05, 02:53 PM
Noel Paton
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Ken
There's no need to worry about these files, as whilst they are present only
in the System Restore archive, they cannot harm your PC.
Should you wish to rid yourself of them first try reducing the allocation
for the System Restore archive -
System Properties|Performance|File System
Adjust the bar to the minimum of 200MB, and click Apply, then OK - reboot

See if that clears the affected points,

If not, then you will need to reset System Restore -
To Reset System Restore -
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and check
"Disable System Restore",
Apply, OK, and IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This will flush you restore folder and erase all checkpoints, then,
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and uncheck
"Disable System Restore",
Apply, OK, and again IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This should now automatically create a new checkpoint immediately following
the restart.
Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder,
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to your preferred setting.

Most people find that a setting of 200-300MB is sufficient to hold 10-15
days worth of restore points, unless you are doing a lot of
installs/uninstalls, or installing large applications (such as Office).


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"Ken-net" ken-net@someplace wrote in message
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If I'm in the wrong group please feel free to redirect me.

I'm unable to remove "Adware" in the C:\_Restore\Archive\FS*.CAB files.
McAfee reports that these so-called "Adware" files are not trojans,
viruses,
or worms.

First of all, should I trust this answer?

I must have accepted some Adware as part of a freeware/shareware software
package that I've since deleted. I've deleted the program but I have a few
stubborn "Adware" CAB files that cannot be cleaned by McAfee. Anyone else
have this problem?

Second how do I get rid of these so-called harmless files?

Thanks in advance,