How to remove a virus from your computer

Written by Joel on November 1, 2008

Your computer is infected with a virus and you don’t know what to do! Well first of all what happen with your anti-virus? Did you update it signature or virus list? Well I guess not. Lets start removing the virus!

Some Questions to Ask:

Are you able to turn on your computer and boot the Operating System?
Do you have an Anti-Virus installed?
Is your Anti-Virus Updated? – I guess not because your computer is infected.
Well to remove a virus and clean your computer you have to know what is the current virus circulating over the Internet. After you had discover the Virus name get Online and search for a Virus Removal Tools. Symantec (Norton) has these good removal tools look for the recent virus and download the tool.

Another option is to attempt to update your antivirus and scan for viruses, I don’t think this will work because most viruses the first thing they do is disable the antivirus software otherwise you have to find a virus removal tool to clean your computer.

Not everytime is possible to clean a computer from a virus, if the computer is to infected sometimes is better formatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows OS again.

OK lets say you found the virus removal tool to clean your computer, run the program and wait for the virus removal tool to finish. Most of the times viruses gets into the system via a back doors or open holes, keeping the computer up to date with Windows Update and a antivirus software will prevent future infections.

OK, after running the virus removal tool your computer is virus free but the removal tools informs you the computer needs patching. To patch your computer visit Microsoft Windows Update .

If you need a good and free virus protection please visit Avast Antivirus, this free anti-virus software requires registration to get your 1 year free registration key. Try it is very good and free.

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