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Hi there
I don't think you read my post properly
I said use a BOOTABLE BACKUP of a known CLEAN IMAGE -- this has 100% NOTHING to do with Windows "Restore points" -- I pointed out in my post that you shouldn't in ANY WAY use ANY PART of the INFECTED OS to repair the computer.
A Bootable restore loaded from a READ ONLY CDROM is not going to be infected. We have to assume that you created the BOOTABLE RESTORE medium from a clean system - but that should be taken as a given.
OK if you want to do post analysis on how or why your computer got infected then use a Virtual Machine as a sandbox.
I'm of the sort of school that just wants to get a machine working again -- I really don't care HOW or WHY it got infected - but if thats your interest then fine.
I still would NEVER EVER trust even a "Cleansed" computer that had been infected - no matter how good the AV removal software is -- and these days restoring a typical home computer W7 partition with something like Acronis True Image only takes around 20 - 40 mins -- so restoring IMO is a "No Brainer" solution.
Cheers
jimbo