How To Fix a Computer Virus

A computer virus is a program that can easily reproduce itself to harm your computer and its program. If your computer is infected, it can be a really nasty experience! It can make your computer totally shut down, delete all your files and literally break your machine into oblivion. This can be really a hassle especially when there are lot of important files and documents that are stored in your computer. This often occurs when your machine is not protected or if you have a really weak security system. Not having a firewall and anti-virus software is open to a lot of viruses especially when you are always online. However, there are ways that you can successfully fix this dreadful situation. Here’s how.

1. Boot up your computer into safe mode. A safe mode is a diagnostic mode of your computer wherein it will only launch all the default programs. To avoid further damage to your system, it is important that you do all the repair and fixes in safe mode. You can easily do this by restarting your computer. You then press F8 key repeatedly until you see a black screen with white fonts. Choose Safe Mode with networking and push Enter on your keyboard.
2. When your computer is fully booted up, you need to clean and optimize your browser/s. If you have Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, make sure that you do this step to both of them. Open your browser and click on tools. Completely delete all browsing and download history, cache, cookies and active logins. Do not erase the saved passwords so make sure it is unchecked.
3. Close all windows
   
   and look for the My Computer icon on your desktop
   
   . Right click on it and select “Properties” on the drop down menu that will appear. Select the “System Restore” tab. Make sure that you check the feature that says “Turnoff System Restore.”  Almost all virus lay their eggs in the system restore folder so it would be best that you have that turned off to avoid it from multiplying.
4. Close all windows again and click on the “Start” menu. Go to “Search” or “Run.”  Type in “winmsd” on the field box and click on Enter. Go to the “Software Environment” category and click on “Startup Programs.”   Scan through the list and delete all programs that you don’t know about or does not belong there.
5. Open a browser and run an online anti-virus scan. You can use these sites www.housecall.trendmicro.com or www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan. All viruses that they will detect will automatically be quarantined or deleted.

These are the things that you have to do when your computer becomes infected with an annoying virus that can lead to fatal results. Just remember, prevention is the number one solution to every problem that you might encounter. This includes computer viruses. Make sure that your system is fully protected and when you are online at all times, it is important that do not download any suspicious looking file. Always visit websites that you trust and that you can truly rely on. It is crucial that you are comfortable doing these steps before you actually start doing it. If not, immediately contact a professional technician to avoid further damage to your system. Good luck!