I have had to clean some computers lately which had viruses of all sorts on them. Technology is great when it works, but can be so frustrating when you computer is sick. I wish I could tell you "give this pill to your computer and call me in the morning", but that is unfortantly not possible. The people that create these viruses and malware are always finding ways to beat the things in place that protect you computer. So..
Sometimes you have to do a combination of steps to remove the evil stuff. I would suggest starting with the first link in the list and following the steps there. Once you have cleaned you machine, the best thing you can do is keep our operating system (Windows or other) up to date with the latest patches, run an antivirus program like AVG (keeping it up to date).
Most important don't open email from people you don't know and don't click on any popups from websites saying that you have a virus and they will scan you computer. Both of these will usually end infecting you computer with something you don't want.
Sometimes you have to do a combination of steps to remove the evil stuff. I would suggest starting with the first link in the list and following the steps there. Once you have cleaned you machine, the best thing you can do is keep our operating system (Windows or other) up to date with the latest patches, run an antivirus program like AVG (keeping it up to date).
Most important don't open email from people you don't know and don't click on any popups from websites saying that you have a virus and they will scan you computer. Both of these will usually end infecting you computer with something you don't want.
I found the following links @ http://www.atribune.org/forums/
- Hijack This Guide
- Ad-Aware
- CWShredder
- HijackThis
- Spybot
- Zone Alarm Firewall
- AVG Antivirus
- Spywareblaster
- How to Go into Safe Mode
- Show Hidden Files
- Peper Trojan Removal ToolChanging the Hosts File: Keep the Popup Parasites Off
- Turn Off/On Windows XP System Restore
- Turn Off Unnecessary XP Services (XP with Service Pack 2) (recommend SAFE configuration)
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