How to Remove Malware From Your PC ?
Advanced technology has been proved as a boon to our software industry. Our computer system has enormous features to let our day to day life better in every aspect. To handle these enormous features, there are several minute details and if any of these are affected, it can affect the whole system badly.
Hackers have made their own way to misuse software technology. Many unwanted programs, viruses, malwares, etc are created by hackers purposely which affect the system badly and at the end of the day your system can be in great danger.
This section will elaborate some easy steps to prevent any severe damage of your system due to these viruses.
Enter In a Safe Mode
First of all disconnect your system from any type of internet connection. Safe Mode version of Windows runs without many of the programs and processes required by full Windows. This lets only basic programs run on your system. It will allow you to use your PC without doing any more damage, and it should help you to find out what the problem is. And the most important thing is Malware won’t run in Safe Mode. To boot system into Safe Mode follow the following steps;
For Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP:
To boot, turn on your PC and as soon as you see anything on the screen press the F8 key repeatedly. “Advanced Boot Options” menu will be displayed. Select Safe Mode with Networking and press “Enter” tab.
For Windows 8:
When you see login screen at the Windows 8, choose “Restart” and hold down the Shift key. You will arrive at the Windows with options to troubleshoot your system from which you can select to boot in Safe Mode.
Delete Temporary Files
Many times you might have encountered a situation where you experience a lethargy in your systems’s performance. Malwares or virus make your system to run slow. That is why you should keep a regular habit of deleting temp files, this will speed up virus scanning, free disk space and may even delete malware.
For this, Select Start>All Programs (or just Programs)> Accessories> System Tools> Disk Cleanup. And choose to delete temporary files. This easy but effective step will definitely help you from any threat and will also keep any malware away.