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5 Professional Virus Removal Techniques
Virus removal can be tricky for the average computer owner. This is because, depending on the virus you catch, sometimes functions and applications that can be run are limited. In some instances the virus is so bad that the Ctrl + Alt + Delete function cant even be done. Professionals use several different, more complex techniques for virus removal on your desktop or laptop. These techniques are above the level of running anti-virus software and clicking a few different buttons to get the job done and are the biggest reasons people turn to professionals when those simple techniques just dont cut it.
Reconnecting Hard Drive
One technique professionals use is to disconnect the hard drive from the infected computer and reconnect it to a computer that has the latest anti-virus software installed on it. This is good for the computer that has been infected and not protected by anti-virus software. The hard drive is cleaned up by the clean computer. All too often, computers come to professionals that have caught a virus and have absolutely no protection whatsoever by anti-virus software, making it necessary to completely disconnect an infected hard drive and reconnecting it to one that is protected.
Safe Mode
Booting the computer into safe mode will, with some viruses, give the specialist a little bit more wiggle room to get in there and remove the virus themselves without having to resort to more drastic options like disconnecting the hard drive. In safe mode, milder viruses are kept at bay until the worker can maneuver and clear away the virus. Safe mode can also keep your computer safe from additional viruses until the first ones can be taken care of.
Reinstall Hard Drive
Sometimes with medium-toughness viruses, reinstalling the hard drive can give the computer a chance to kind of regroup and fight harder to allow the professional to manually remove viruses from it. Reinstalling the hard drive is one of those “drastic measures” listed above, because its much more difficult than running anti-virus software like with smaller virus pests.
System Restore
In cases where the virus hasnt completely limited the amount of options we can use to remove viruses, a system restore can be achieved. System restores can completely wipe out the hard drive, causing you to lose everything, or they can restore your computer to a date previous to when the problems started, back to a time when the virus wasnt there. System restores can be very effective, but professionals are best to carry them out to prevent any more data loss than necessary.
Advanced Anti-Virus
Anti-virus software that you buy in a store and install on your computer is often quite simple and works best for simple, less complex viruses. Hard-hitting, debilitating viruses, however, sometimes require more advanced and complex anti-virus software. Software like this is most often used by professionals and allows them to get a more firm hold on the virus (especially those tough ones) an eliminate them more thoroughly.
Automatic Manual Virus and Spyware Removal
Does your computer seem to be functioning slowly? The system is locking up and stops responding from time to time? Does it restart on its own and then fail to run normally? How about unusual error message or you are unable access your disk drives? These symptoms all add up to one thing, your computer has been infected with a virus. Here are two ways in which you can try removing viruses and spyware infections from your computer.
A virus is a type of malicious software that is designed to wreak havoc on your computer system. Spyware, on the other hand, pretends to be useful software but is actually designed to get bits and pieces of information from a users computer. Did you know that the experts at Sophos Company said that about 40,000 computer viruses are now known to exist? The experts even claim that about 200 new computer viruses are released into the Internet each month.
Automatic Removal
If all else fails and your computer is infected, do not panic. There are things that can be done in order to remove the infestation from your computer. Your anti virus or anti spyware program like MacAfee, Avast, Norton can also serve as automatic virus removal tools, all you need to do is run the anti virus complete PC scan. More often than not with infections, your computer will still start up okay but will perform very slowly and will have a hard time running the anti virus or anti spyware scan. To get around this, start your computer on safe mode and run the virus or spyware scan from there. It should automatically detect the virus or spyware and it will give you an option to do nothing, delete or quarantine.
Manual Removal
There are situations where anti virus or anti spyware will not do the trick of removing the infection automatically. This is where manual virus and spyware removal comes in. This is normally the last resort for computer users that did not do any file backups and want to avoid reformatting that will erase everything on the hard drive. Depending upon the severity of the infection, the approach can greatly differ.
If the computer can still at least start up to the operating system, the tricky part is moving inside since the system will be sluggish with multiple layers of pop up advertisement or error messages. What we need to do is log on to safe mode. Logging into safe mode will do two things – disable programs that we do not need for the troubleshooting like error message pop ups and also disabling some of the infection that slows down the computer. Once the computer is working fast enough, you can download process explorer and autoruns. This program will detect programs running on your computer that you do not need, just be careful using it since it also can mess up your computer even more. After that you can restart your computer and you should be all set.
Automatic Manual Virus and Spyware Removal
Does your computer seem to be functioning slowly? The system is locking up and stops responding from time to time? Does it restart on its own and then fail to run normally? How about unusual error message or you are unable access your disk drives? These symptoms all add up to one thing, your computer has been infected with a virus. Here are two ways in which you can try removing viruses and spyware infections from your computer.
A virus is a type of malicious software that is designed to wreak havoc on your computer system. Spyware, on the other hand, pretends to be useful software but is actually designed to get bits and pieces of information from a users computer. Did you know that the experts at Sophos Company said that about 40,000 computer viruses are now known to exist? The experts even claim that about 200 new computer viruses are released into the Internet each month.
Automatic Removal
If all else fails and your computer is infected, do not panic. There are things that can be done in order to remove the infestation from your computer. Your anti virus or anti spyware program like MacAfee, Avast, Norton can also serve as automatic virus removal tools, all you need to do is run the anti virus complete PC scan. More often than not with infections, your computer will still start up okay but will perform very slowly and will have a hard time running the anti virus or anti spyware scan. To get around this, start your computer on safe mode and run the virus or spyware scan from there. It should automatically detect the virus or spyware and it will give you an option to do nothing, delete or quarantine.
Manual Removal
There are situations where anti virus or anti spyware will not do the trick of removing the infection automatically. This is where manual virus and spyware removal comes in. This is normally the last resort for computer users that did not do any file backups and want to avoid reformatting that will erase everything on the hard drive. Depending upon the severity of the infection, the approach can greatly differ.
If the computer can still at least start up to the operating system, the tricky part is moving inside since the system will be sluggish with multiple layers of pop up advertisement or error messages. What we need to do is log on to safe mode. Logging into safe mode will do two things – disable programs that we do not need for the troubleshooting like error message pop ups and also disabling some of the infection that slows down the computer. Once the computer is working fast enough, you can download process explorer and autoruns. This program will detect programs running on your computer that you do not need, just be careful using it since it also can mess up your computer even more. After that you can restart your computer and you should be all set.