# Computer Virus

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 28, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-virus/194418 "2007-12-28T20:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-virus/194418/8 "2007-12-29T11:14:31Z")

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> [@Console Statistics Site - See Who's Winning the Console War](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/console-statistics-site-see-whos-winning-the-console-war/34065/29):
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> Well i got one on my laptop on Christmas. Norton’s picked up a trojan, and “fixed” it. But since, my comp is running really slow, and skips and stumbles with audio & video, so its not gone.
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> tried system restore, and fails everytime.
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> any thoughts.

System restore usually will not fix a strong enough virus, most worms and trojans embed themselves in critical system files that really aren’t supposed to be touched…i would know from the days of making trojans & what not. if your going to back up files back up mp3’s & pictures and what not…DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE back up exe files and programs. Like starboy said, reformat, you should be fine afterwards

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