Is there a way to manualy remove virus and spy ware?

Answer 1

Sure if you want to go thru the tediousness of it all. The problem you'll have is finding it....

Answer 2

Not unless you know waht you are looking for and then you have to make sure you get all of the programe out or it will start all back over again if you want to remove them your self the olny sure way is to format your hard drive and reinstall your operateing system and that will take a lot of work so I would just get a good antivirus program and spy-ware program

Answer 3

Short answer: YES
Long Answer: Yes, but it's nearly impossible to track down the culprits. Virus & spy files have names that blend in with other components and they hide in hard to reach places. The Windows registry is a place that that is not for the faint of heart to tinker with. One wrong move in the registry and untold problems may occur. These bad files often have back-up support files to prevent you from properly removing them. If you erase one file, a back-up will regenerate it again. You have to get them all at once.

Best bet is to get an anti-virus program and let it do the dirty work. There are many free programs that you can download that'll work for you.

Answer 4

Yes you can manually remove Malware from your computer. Unless you are a very experienced user and know what you are doing, I do not recommend this method of removal. It is very easy to do damage to the OS that will require a Reformat to correct.

Over the last couple of years the makers of Malware have learned to hide all or parts of the Malware in areas of your computer that do not get scanned by AV and AS programs when used in the computers 'Normal Mode'.

This is usually done with Trojans. Trojans are not a Virus or Spyware. Trojans are a program used to download Viruses and Spyware to your computer. Trojans look innocent and get on your computer and then download the other malware. Trojans are the #1 form of malware installed on your computer.

The Trojan can be put into those hidden areas of your computer. It downloads a virus, spyware, adware or one of the other many form of malware. When you scan with your program, the malware the Trojan downloaded is removed, but the Trojan is not. The Trojan then downloads the malware again. This is how your AV/AS programs detect, but cannot remove the malware.

Most AV and AS programs can remove some Trojans, usually, very few. Some programs specialize in Trojan removal. ewido is the best general Trojan remover available. AdAware is very good. SuperAntiSpyware is good.

I always recommend that you use a Trojan removal program and an Antivirus and/or Antispyware program. This takes extra time, but improves your chances of complete removal.

Another step in the removal process is to open your computers hidden files and folders, delete the Browser Cache and delete old restore points and make a new one. These are all areas that can cause you to stay infected.

This procedure is what I use and recommend for proper and complete removal of malware. It does work.

This procedure works for all Malware. Use any AntiVirus or AntiSpy program you choose.

TEMPORARILY SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options.

3. On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click "Show hidden files and folders", and clear(uncheck) the "Hide protected operating system files" check box.

IMPORTANT: Files are hidden by Windows for a very good reason. It is not wise to experiment with these files. Unfortunately, to successfully remove modern spyware we must turn this protection off temporarily. Please turn the protection back on when you have finished cleaning your system.


EMPTY INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER CACHE:

1. On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. Select the Delete all offline content check box in the confirmation dialogue box that appears, click OK. Click OK again.

RESTART IN SAFE MODE:

To do this you need to hold down or repeatedly tap the F8 key while the computer is booting (when the computer is displaying a black screen with white text). When the boot menu appears, use your keyboard arrows to select "Safe Mode."

Safe Mode can look quite ugly. The color may look bad, and all of your desktop icons will be very large. This is normal.



START THE SCAN WITH YOUR PROGRAM(S).



When the scan and removal are completed REBOOT COMPUTER. This will restart you in normal mode.

RESET HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.

The RESTORE POINTS may be infected with the Malware and cannot be used. Delete the old one(s) and make a new one.

CLEAR OLD RESTORE POINT(S). HERE'S HOW:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click on the System Restore tab.

3. Select the Turn Off System Restore check box, click Apply, then restart your computer.

4. Return to the System Restore Tab and turn System Restore back on.


TO SET A NEW RESTORE POINT:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs, then navigate to Accessories, then System Tools, then click System Restore.

3. Choose Create a restore point, and then click Next.

4. In the Restore point description box, type a name for your restore point, and then click Next.

5. Click OK.

NOTE: If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and are unable to access the Internet after removing Malware, there is a command that may fix the problem. It works by resetting the winsock catalogue. Click on Start, then Run and type CMD in the box. Click OK. Type "netsh winsock reset" (no quotes)into the DOS window that appears.


ADDITION INFORMATION ABOUT TROJANS:

There are Trojans that fall into the Smitfraud family. Smitfrauds are usually Homepage/Browser Hijackers. A Homepage Hijacker takes you to a website other than what you have set on your computer. A Browser Hijacker directs you to websites other than what you just selected. These require the use of a specialized program for removal. Here are two sites that specialize in removing these:

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php



Another type of Trojan that requires a specialized removal program is Vundo Trojans.

The procedure should fix Vundo-based Winfixer(WinAntiSpyware, WinAntiVirus, Blackworm, Amaena)problems.


Please download Atribune's VundoFix.exe (version 4.2.71 [as of 21 April '06], or later), from

http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=4

and save it to your desktop.

Double-click VundoFix.exe to run it.

Put a check next to Run VundoFix as a task.

You will receive a message saying vundofix will close and re-open in a minute or less. Click OK Note: If VundoFix does not reopen after a minute (or two), then you should skip-over the "Run as a task" step, and continue-on to the following steps to SCAN and REMOVE.

When VundoFix re-opens, click the Scan for Vundo button.

Once it's done scanning, click the Remove Vundo button.

You will receive a prompt asking if you want to remove the files, click YES

Once you click yes, your desktop will go blank as it starts removing Vundo.

When completed, it will prompt that it will shutdown your computer, click OK.

Turn your computer back on.


Here is a very informative site:

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/computer_privacy_and_security.htm

Answer 5

know the virus name and locations from some software and manually remove it
incase u cant do that try terminating the running process associated with th evirus and then delete it

Answer 6

Only if you are a ''super geek''. If for instance you started deleating every file that mentioned your virus, you would be tossing files critical to you and your computers operation.

GO TO:

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10596553.html?tag=lst-0-1

It's free!

Answer 7

Run a full system scan with both your anti-virus and anti-virus programs. It should pick the viruse up and then just delete it.

Incase you don't have anti-spyware/virus

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1


http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Answer 8

Download spybot search&destroy