How Restore Points Can Save Your Ass When AntiVirus Fails

Almost every computer user encounters file corruption, data loss and virus infections at some point of time. Nowadays, there are dozens of free anti-virus software that provides pretty good protection. However, hackers are not behind and create more complex viruses and trojans that override anti-virus protection mechanism. Whenever such situation arises, restore points are like chilled water in scorching desert.

I've used several anti-virus software programs in the past years and found that none of them is a silver bullet. In recent years, thrice my computer was infected despite of active and updated anti-virus software. These smart trojans completely freeze the anti-virus operation and override them to spread their tentacles across the entire system. This is really frustrating when you're using a trusted brand having a large user-base.

Create restore points

Generally, an average user re-installs the entire operating system in such cases losing all the precious data on primary partition. But wait, have you tried reverting your system back to the most recent Restore Point.

Windows restore points create a system snapshot of the system, recording all changes in critical files. If you're system has been compromised, simply choose a recent restore point and your system will be in previous state prior to virus infection as if nothing has happened. It's like going in the past.

You can create a system restore point in 2 ways. First way is very easy, Go to Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore -> Create a restore point. Second way is completely automated where Windows OS itself creates restore points whenever critical changes (installation of drivers, installation and uninstallation of software programs) occur in the system. To bring back your system to previous state, simply go to Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore -> Restore my computer to an earlier time.

Next time, whenever your anti-virus gives up, use restore points to salvage your precious data.

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