Reboot computer (question #2)?

I have Anti-Virus SBC Yahoo! Online Protection...

I had a pop-up (not like the AD kind!) that showed me i have 3 infected items in my computer. one is deleted and other two status's say Infected. it also says " you must reboot not to permanently clean infected items.

do i really have to reboot? and is rebooting just restarting the computer or deleting then restarting the WHOLE entire computer and losing all my files?

Reboot computer (question #2)?nortin

Hi Emily,

Yes rebooting=shutting down %26 restarting your computer. You can also go to internet explorer click on tools then options-there delete files, offline files, clear history %26 delete all those stale cookies. I'd also add Ad-A-Aware like a virus scanner %26 then you can delete all the virus things yourself. Or better yet buy a anti-virus cd.

Good luck %26 have a good day!

Reboot computer (question #2)?pc security

Hi Emily,

Your welcome I hope all is well with your computer now. Thanx for the rating %26 have a good day! Report It


You can reboot
restart the computer
Rebooting is the shutting down and restarting your computer. When an antivirus progarm says that it needs to reboot to finish cleaning a file this is because the file is a system file that is in use and can't be cleaned without crashing the system. On reboot the infected file can be cleaned before it is used by the system.