Sure-Fire Steps to Remove Most Resilient Windows Spyware and Viruses
Most Internet threats these days fall under the categories of malware, which include those nasty Trojan and backdoor exploits.
They are sophisticated enough to detect when attempts are made to remove them.
They are often designed to recognize - and make inoperable - most of the more popular antivirus and antispyware tools used against them.
What is the average computer user to do in such cases? Often, the computer is left in a reboot cycle after infection, or incessant pop-ups cripple it's use, or the system just does not boot up at all.
And all this in spite of the fact that the system may already have anti-malware protection.
Follow these steps and, in all but the most severe cases, your system will be up and running happily again:
It's claim to fame is that it runs on the computer in real-time and in the background, thereby preventing most threats as they occur.
However, if you manually run (and update) the free version on a regular basis, even though your computer may inevitably harbor malware, MalwareBytes will usually bail you out of most serious situations.
They are sophisticated enough to detect when attempts are made to remove them.
They are often designed to recognize - and make inoperable - most of the more popular antivirus and antispyware tools used against them.
What is the average computer user to do in such cases? Often, the computer is left in a reboot cycle after infection, or incessant pop-ups cripple it's use, or the system just does not boot up at all.
And all this in spite of the fact that the system may already have anti-malware protection.
Follow these steps and, in all but the most severe cases, your system will be up and running happily again:
- First, find a working computer with an Internet connection and download the free version of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware software from www.
malwarebytes.
org unto a USB thumb drive or to CD.
Be sure to rename the file to something short but innocuous - something like bugkiller.
exe. - Next, restart the infected computer in Safe Mode.
At the Safe Mode Desktop, place the media with the MalwareBytes file in the computer and install the software. - Once MalwareBytes is installed, restart the computer in Safe Mode with Networking
- At the Safe Mode with Networking Desktop, launch the MalwareBytes program and click the Update tab to update the current malware database information from the Internet.
- Once the update completes, click the Scanner tab and select the Perform Quick Scan option, and then click the Scan button.
- MalwareBytes will find the malware threats and allow you to remove them.
- Some threats reside in memory and may require a computer restart once the manual removal is done
- Restart the computer in normal Windows mode, and return to happy computing
It's claim to fame is that it runs on the computer in real-time and in the background, thereby preventing most threats as they occur.
However, if you manually run (and update) the free version on a regular basis, even though your computer may inevitably harbor malware, MalwareBytes will usually bail you out of most serious situations.
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