Tips 'n Tricks

Removing a Computer Virus

Warning! Virus detected!

Is this the report of your computer antivirus? Are you not annoyed every time there is a virus present in your compu- ter? I guess you are.

The following are the steps on how to remove those annoying and unwanted programs in your buddy.

Steps to remove computer virus

1. Taking back up
Virus can attack your computer any moment and cause it crash. When your computer crashes you may lose all the important files that you had previously saved on your computer. So it is always important for you to regularly keep the back up of your important files. Similarly, before you remove computer virus from your PC you need to take the back up of your important files and
store them in some safe place.

2. Downloading security program
After taking the backup you need to download a powerful anti-virus program from the net for removing any virus from your computer system. Certain free security program can be downloaded freely from the net on the trail
basis.

3. Rebooting the computer system
If you have downloaded the anti-virus program from the internet then disconnect your inter reboot your computer and press F8 to go to the safe mode. After hat launch the
security program to remove computer virus from your system.

4. Restart your computer
After you have successfully removed all the possible viruses from your computer system just restart your computer and scan the computer once again. Any virus that was not removed in the first scan will definitely get removed in the seconds scan.

5. Steps to keep the viruses at bay
Only scanning the computer will not do, you also need to take effective precaution to
keep the viruses at bay. You can always prevent the viruses from entering your computer in the following ways.

6. Avoid visiting any insecure sites
As a matter of fact in most of the cases the viruses enter our computer system through our own fault only. So in order to prevent the viruses from entering your PC, it is ays advisable for you to avoid entering in any insecure sites or clicking any pop-ups.

7. Perform disk-clean up
Another effective way of keeping the viruses from entering your computer is by regularly performing the disk cleanup. This will detect the viruses that have managed to get into your computer and remove them immediately.

The above steps that we have been mentioned will help you to remove computer virus quite effectively. So just follow them properly and keep your computer free from virus attacks and infections.

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-Neil D. Ramoneda