Viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, malware etc can easily infect a PC and can cause various symptoms like icons not working to the machine running slow or not being able to boot.

To combat this problem your PC has to be properly protected and maintained regularly. There is no point in having anti-virus or anti-spyware software installed on your machine if you never update it or run regular scans.

So to protect your system from All parasites we recommend you download the following FREE tools:

Anti-Virus

  • AVG FREE Edition or

  • Avira Anti-Virus

Spyware

  • Adaware 2008 

  • Hijack This

  • Spybot Search & Destroy

Additional / Optional Tools (Recommended)

  • UBCD4WIN – An excellent boot CD with ALL the best FREE Anti-virus / spyware tools included. Use when you cannot boot into Windows at all.

  • EZPCFIX – An excellent program for disk, start up, registry etc clean ups. Included on the UBCD4WIN.

Once you have downloaded the above anti-virus / spyware tools you MUST update them. Then follow the steps below:

Step 1

  • Boot into Windows. If you cannot boot into Windows then use the UBCD4WIN

  • Turn of System Restore

Step 2

  • Run a disk cleanup by either clicking Start then Run then typing cleanmgr then click OK

  • Or use EZPCFIX to quickly do a disk cleanup

Step 3

  • Run, update and scan with Adaware

  • Run, update and Scan with Spybot

  • Run Hijack This and post results on one of their forums using the Analyze This button

  • Run AVG or Avir Anti-Virus

  • Reboot into Safe Mode and run all scans again

That should remove most viruses, spyware, malware etc. And don’t forget to reenable System Restore if you use it.

About the Author:

Written by: Stuart King

I am a Microsoft and CompTIA certified IT professional. You can view my website at:

www.lanarkshireitservices.co.uk

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – How to Clean an Infected Windows Computer

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