The infection.
by JasonSeabolt


The infection.

Contracting a virus is easy, removing it is not so easy. There are many more ways to getting a virus than just watching porn now. They are sent through emails and other forms of communication. They are made to still your passwords to bank accounts and personal files. They are also made to spy on a person or just to annoy you. Viruses are easy to get under control using the following virus removal method.

Once you got it.

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.

Start the cleanup.

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 an anti-virus scan.

Secondly run a good anti-virus scan. This will work better in safe mode too. At this time leave the computer running only the scan. It will use less resources and get rid of all viruses. Once the scan is finished use the given button to quarantine all files.

Browser Hijack.

When your browser gets hijacked run a Trojan or hijack remover. A good example of one is the smitfraudfix. When its finished running take out everything it found. Its good to reset your browser settings. And don't forget to uninstall unwanted toolbars and pop up blockers. Too many at one time will cancel each other out.

Is the Virus still present?

Advanced users can actually do more. If there is still a problem, do a search for the virus in the registry. Be very careful because this is the brains of the computer. Remove all associated keys found with this search. You can also do a search for those files in windows or in the hard drive. Then you can go through the start up files located in msconfig and disable some of them. Do not let it happen again.

Protect yourself.

An anti-virus or firewall is somewhat required for a computer to connect to the internet. So many people are out to get your personal data and you need to protect yourself. Remember some good factors in virus removal. Always scan programs or files before downloading to your computer and never run more then one firewall or antivirus program at a time.

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