How can i get rid of a computer virus? please help! no stupid answers please?

Answer 1

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◙ The very best virus scanners are free. Mcafee & Norton Antivirus are mostly hype and won't do as good as the free ones. -- About.com & Smart Computing Magazine

◙ Download and install AVG. Use it first and see if it finds any viruses or trojans.

☞ http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

◙ After running AVG go here and run this virus scanner online. There is no need to install it on your computer.

☞ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

◙ Microsoft's New Live Safety Center. Download this scanner to check and remove spyware, viruses, get rid of obsolete files and junk off your computer, and improve your PCs performance.

☞ http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?s_cid=msep

◙ The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. You can run this tool online FREE.

☞ http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

◙ Best spyware remover is Ad Aware. Download and install the free version.

◙ http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

◙ Here is a wealth of information about fighting spyware and spyware producers. Join their free forum for answers to your questions. -- Smart Computing Magazine

☞ http://www.spywareinfo.com/
☞ http://www.spywarewarrior.com/
☞ http://www.google.com/search?q=adware+info

◙ Before downloading email attachments in Gmail and Yahoo Mail click on the link that says, "Scan With Norton Antivirus".

◙ Before downloading any software from the internet type it into http://groups.google.com/ to see if that title is known for spyware or viruses. Google Groups has over 1 billion posts spanning 25 years to help you. Even after checking it there ALWAYS scan it before opening it. You just can't be too careful. -- Smart Computing Magazine

◙ A lot of the download sites like http://www.download.com/ and http://www.tucows.com/ scan software before releasing it to the public. But just for safety sake you should still scan it yourself.

◙ If you have a broadband modem or network router the firewall in these is not as effective as a software firewall. The firewall that comes with Windows XP isn't very good either. Download ZoneAlarm and your system will be a lot safer. -- Smart Computing Magazine

☞ http://www.zonealarm.com/

◙ Here is a really great article on browser hijacking. This will show you how to get rid of it. There is a tutorial and software to get rid of part of it. You'll need to make some changes to your computer's registry to get rid of the rest of it. Click on the chatroom link on their main page if you need help.

☞ http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/

◙ Here is Yahoo!'s Internet Security section.

☞ http://security.yahoo.com/

◙ Get more information at these PC Magazine Web sites.

☞ http://www.pcmag.com/
☞ http://www.smartcomputing.com/

◙ Top 100 Computer & Software Magazines.

☞ http://netvalley.com/top100mag.html

Answer 2

If the anti-virus program doesn't help, you should clean out your computer completely. That is Format C:, then download all the software again. In future, always backup your information!

Note : If you don't format, the virus may have done some damage to some of your programs and you will realize that some won't work properly.

Answer 3

1 Do you know the virus, if so then just do a search for a removal tool off the net.
2. If you do not know what virus it is then you may have to load a antivirus program and hope it picks up the virus and gets rid of it.
3. back up your computer and format the harddrive then just do a fresh load. that way you know for sure the virus is gone. once you get everything loaded back up. scan your backed up data for a virus and delete out the files that are bad.

good luck though

Answer 4

virus is very tough to get rid of. i had virus and the only thing i did was take it to Best Buy and had them to delete all the files. then i had to reprogram the computer with the cd's that came with the computer (u still have it, rite?). it gonna cost u about $200 to have the files deleted because the computer geeks have to restore all the things that the virus has done also. after that u can go buy an Anti-Virus program that will prevent u from getting virus again.
oh yeah....no point in trying to get rid of your virus with Anti-Virus. it only tells u when virus are in your computer and before they attack so u can delete them. once they've attacked your files, to the shop goes your computer.

Answer 5

There are several good free tools available to remove Virus and malware from computers. I have listed some of the common ones with sources in my blog.
http://360/yahoo.com/wektech

Answer 6

If you know the idenity of the virus, Symantec and probably other manufacturers have under support a list of viruses and a program to download for its removal.

Answer 7

Run a anti-virus program

Answer 8

Do a virus scan with your Virus protection software, it should walk you through the removal.

Answer 9

simple steps make sure u have an anti virus install on the pc
open it check for updates, and do a full scan,
or goto http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
for a free online virus scan.

Answer 10

Download this free anti-virus program...http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1