The infection.
There are many ways to contract a virus. It's not contracted just by watching porn anymore. They are easy to attract and very hard to get removed. Viruses are made to rob your files and passwords, annoy you or even to spy on a significant other. Any basic virus can be removed with this method. Follow these easy steps to virus removal.
Common Symptoms.
You will definitely know when the computer is infected. Annoying pop-ups to buy products or even naughty girls in your side screen. The PC will start to run slower then ever and some programs will not respond. Your PC will shut down with out you instructing it. The worst symptoms sometimes to no return will be that blue screen of death.
The clean up process.
This needs to be done in safe mode. Remove all cookies and cache in your PC. It may be easier to use a clean up scan. Continue to remove all temp files and those prefetch files. You can find the prefetch folder by doing a search within windows or by typing in the run box.
Remove unwanted programs.
Next remove all programs in your add/remove list. Some viruses come in with certain types of programs installed. This will also free up some space and clean out old files and registry entries. Yes go ahead and remove the other programs that you are not using.
Run a scan.
Next you need to run a full anti-virus scan on your PC. This will take some time and needs to be done in safe mode. During this process its best to let the computer just run its scan. It will uses less resources and will remove everything. Once the scan completes remove all remnants of the viruses. There should be a button to do this with.
My browser was hijacked.
Sometimes your browser can be hijacked. It's good to use some type of Trojan or hijack remover. Smitfraudfix is a good example. Then once its finished you can reset the browser back to original state. Uninstall all toolbars and extra pop up blockers. To many will not work correctly and not block anything.
Still have issues?
It may be best for advanced users only to try this part. If the virus is still present you can do a search for it in the windows registry. It will pull up broken or not found links. It is good to remove them here. You can do a search for these files within the hard drive and remove them also. Sift through the msconfig start up files and uncheck items not needed.
Be in the know.
A good anti-virus or firewall protection will help make your surfing healthier. Remember some key points in virus removal and it wont happen again. Try not to have too many programs running at the same time, they will cancel each other out. Always scan any files before downloading.
There are many ways to contract a virus. It's not contracted just by watching porn anymore. They are easy to attract and very hard to get removed. Viruses are made to rob your files and passwords, annoy you or even to spy on a significant other. Any basic virus can be removed with this method. Follow these easy steps to virus removal.
Common Symptoms.
You will definitely know when the computer is infected. Annoying pop-ups to buy products or even naughty girls in your side screen. The PC will start to run slower then ever and some programs will not respond. Your PC will shut down with out you instructing it. The worst symptoms sometimes to no return will be that blue screen of death.
The clean up process.
This needs to be done in safe mode. Remove all cookies and cache in your PC. It may be easier to use a clean up scan. Continue to remove all temp files and those prefetch files. You can find the prefetch folder by doing a search within windows or by typing in the run box.
Remove unwanted programs.
Next remove all programs in your add/remove list. Some viruses come in with certain types of programs installed. This will also free up some space and clean out old files and registry entries. Yes go ahead and remove the other programs that you are not using.
Run a scan.
Next you need to run a full anti-virus scan on your PC. This will take some time and needs to be done in safe mode. During this process its best to let the computer just run its scan. It will uses less resources and will remove everything. Once the scan completes remove all remnants of the viruses. There should be a button to do this with.
My browser was hijacked.
Sometimes your browser can be hijacked. It's good to use some type of Trojan or hijack remover. Smitfraudfix is a good example. Then once its finished you can reset the browser back to original state. Uninstall all toolbars and extra pop up blockers. To many will not work correctly and not block anything.
Still have issues?
It may be best for advanced users only to try this part. If the virus is still present you can do a search for it in the windows registry. It will pull up broken or not found links. It is good to remove them here. You can do a search for these files within the hard drive and remove them also. Sift through the msconfig start up files and uncheck items not needed.
Be in the know.
A good anti-virus or firewall protection will help make your surfing healthier. Remember some key points in virus removal and it wont happen again. Try not to have too many programs running at the same time, they will cancel each other out. Always scan any files before downloading.
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