I was going to make the pint about being careful about using system restore and reinstalling a virus too...... something I managed to inadvertently do recently, learning the hard way.

The thing was that I was sure I had got rid of the virus completely and had to go through the whole process again. So the suggestion is that once the virus scanning in safe mode with sys restore off is successful, reboot into normal mode but don't turn on system restore immediately. Wait a while and use the PC and watch for any continued virus evidence. Once you feel certain that there are no more bugs, create a new restore point to carry you on from that point.

However I just want to say to JIK that the info about the .reg file back up and how it works is pure gold!. Thanks for the info that's a really useful tip.

Cheers,

Andrez