Thanks for the tip.
I didn't go to the Symantec site earlier because I was unaware of this problem - mostly because I am still new to the Win ME. I got the info on this particular problem via another bulletin board just two days ago and today I received a an infected e-mail. So after deleting the virus I went to scan the Restore directory and found it there. What I did then is already described in my above post. Although it was a bit of work, it resolved my problem.
Anyway...thanks again for the tip.
AB