Best Way to Remove a Virus From Your Computer
Virus's are
almost an inevitable consequence of computer use nowadays. Even the most
experienced user with the latest anti virus installed is susceptible to viral
infection.
From simple surfing of the net, downloads of any kind, to reading your email, there are literally hundreds of ways for malware to invade your machine.
From simple surfing of the net, downloads of any kind, to reading your email, there are literally hundreds of ways for malware to invade your machine.
Usually one is
quite aware of the infection; pop up's, redirected web results, rogue programs
running etc are the obvious signs of an infection. There are other less obvious
signs as well; inability to get online at all, blue screens, sluggish
performance, computer freezing up, these can all point to an infection.
Even though the
prevalence of these virus's is increasing, and the frustration they cause can
be infuriating, there is good news! Most can be removed relatively easily; with
a bit of patience and the information I'm about to give, you'll have all you
need to defeat these nasty pests.
The first thing
you'll want to do is download 3 free programs from the internet (you'll need a
virus free computer for this part)
1. combofix
2. superantispyware
3. malwarebytes.
2. superantispyware
3. malwarebytes.
AS I stated
earlier, each of these is free and readily available, just do a Google search
for each. The next step you'll perform is to save these 3 programs on a usb
flash drive; once completed boot up the infected pc into safe mode by pressing
f8 while the machine is starting up. Once in safe mode, (these instructions
work for all windows os's) go to "run" and type in "msconfig"
A window will open with sevaral tabs on top, choose "start up" and
choose "diagnostic start up" then reboot into safe mode again. Once
in safe mode insert your usb flash drive and run "superantispyware"
make sure you set it to perform a "complete scan" Superantispyware
will run for anywhere from 30 minutes to well over an hour; once completed you
will have a list of the spyware, virus's, malware found as well as cookies, you
dont have to delete the cookies, but make sure anything else found is removed.
You will then
run malwarebytes and remove whatever it finds. Lastly, run combofix. Combofix
will find the tough ones such as rootkits and make the necessary repairs to the
operating system. Your computer should now be virus free.
Now your
computer is virus free, but that doesn't mean the damage the virus caused is
cured! If you notice that your files are missing, or that your desktop no
longer has any icons on it, download and run "unhide.exe. If you still
can't get online, make sure your proxy settings are correct, (control panel,
internet options, connections, lan settings, make sure nothing is checked) If
you still are unable to access the internet, from a working computer download
lspfix (Google search) and run from the thumb drive.
Once you've
completed these steps your computer should be virus free and in working order.
There are virus's however that will not be removed with these steps in which
case it may be wise to call your local computer repair technician; 8 out of ten
times though these steps will work. Good Luck.
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