How do you get rid of a virus?

Question

my friend got a bad virus on her computer and her security system isn't working. Is there any security systems that are really good?

Answer 1

These are all good free places to go for virus and or spyware protection and advice

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=79754

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

http://www.superantispyware.com/...

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/?

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis

http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html

Answer 2

No AV or Firewall is 100%. When you have one installed you need to make sure that it is updated DAILY.
To get rid of a nasty virus you need to really restore the system back to the original state.
Go to www.pctoolslcom and get the free av and firewall.
Scan your system and see if it can be repaired, if not look for the install disks.
If a system becomes laden with viruses, I always recommend a reformat and reinstall. If you are going to go through this exercise then I also recommend looking for Norton GHOST. You can usually get it free after rebate. It allows you to take a snapshot of the system in a pristine state, from which you can restore your system at a later date id necessary. This takes a few min instead of the hours long taks of reformatting, reinstalling, and running the updates.

Answer 3

Hi,
Do this:
Disable system restore if u know how to though not neccessary.
Visit:
http://onecare.live.com
Run their free safety scan from Microsoft.
It removes all viruses, trojans, spyware, registry errors, bad installs and covers up security vulnerabilities and any other problem for free. Its the best out there for online security, it will make the pc as good as new.
Now remove all other security softwares and download AVG.
http://free.grisoft.com
Good Luck! Contact me if u need any more help.

Answer 4

I Got A Virus Or Trojan!
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=27385

How to clean an infected computer
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?4,27725,backpage=

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

How to Protect yourself from malware!
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44525

Understanding, Cleaning And Preventing Spyware
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=25834

Answer 5

The process for cleaning every virus is different. If you can post (or Google) the name of the virus, you should be able to get an answer.

Most viruses can be cleaned by a standard virus scanners. Have your friends go to http://download.com and get AVG Free (they have both a free and paid version - so get the free one) and try running it. Hopefully it will clean the virus.

If not, post the name of the virus....

Answer 6

The most effective way to remove malware is to follow this guide I've written, it works 100% of the time. It's a rather long process but I use it on customers system weekly and I have great success with it. I highly recommend NOD32 antivirus!
www.eset.com
Here's the malware removal link in my forum.
http://www.hollandpcservice.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7

Answer 7

Symantec Antivirus 2007 version

Answer 8

First of all if she knew her security system wasn't working she should not have downloaded anything.

If you contact me on my profile page and tell me what program she has ..windows etc , what security she has and if any at all what virus protection I can help her.

she needs to get to the comp store and buy McAfee , install it and run a virus check.

If she wants to contact me hersef my email is [e-mail] .

One important thing to tell her is
NEVER EVER DOWNLOAD VIRIS PROGRAMS ON THE INTERNET.

Answer 9

LISTEN TO gangsterkhurrum
HE HELPED ME OUT GREATLY!

Use Miscrosoft FREE scanner at:
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
100% safe, do a full scan. It will DESTROY any Virus, trojan, spyware, registry error, or harddisk problems, or problems, or anything else.
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Heres another website for the AVG FREE virus scan
http://free.grisoft.com/
It deff. comes in handy!!I
Use this from now on if you dont have NORTON or MCAFEE .. Its free, it detects viruses.
WinAntiVirus makes you think its helping you but as you can see .. it harms your computer, badly.

Answer 10

install anti-virus,anti-spyware and a firewall search download.com for all of these