Posted by Abirama on Saturday, July 08, 2017 in Computer | No comments
Last time I already give you an article about how to eliminate spyware. And this time, I'm going too give the same article. But, in this article, we're gonna talking about how to remove malicious software or malware from your computer.
Sometimes virus can be dangerous for your computer. You can loss some of your files or maybe worse, you can't open your application or data. But malware in the other hand, is far more scary. Your computer can be infected by malware, if you try download or install an application that has been cracked. Sometime they add a malicious application inside an application that you want to download. So that's why you better buy the application that you want to download from the developer itself. But still, you have to be careful when you are about download something on the internet.
Anyway without further ado, let's just go with how to eliminate a malicious software from your computer. But before that, I'm just gonna remind you that I only give you how to eliminate malware for windows only.
Use Offline Scanner
Did you know that windows 10 have a tool that allow you to eliminate malware? Yes, and it's called Windows Defender Offline. It's called offline because Windows Defender doing scanning outside of Windows. So the process of scanning and cleaning the malware is done before you go into Windows.
Well, It's easy to run it. Just go to Settings> Update & Security> Windows Defender> scroll down and select Scan Offline. After that Windows 10 will automatically restart and offline scanning process will start. The process will last 15 - 20 minutes and automatically enter Windows once the entire process is complete.
Read Also: How To Deal With Ransomware WannaCry Easily
Update Your Anti Virus
This is the basic thing you should do, always update you anti virus definition. Otherwise, your computer will be vulnerable to virus or malware attack. Because just like the technology that always evolving, computer virus and malware will always evolved and become more dangerous.
In that case, you should evolve your anti virus by updating it. To do this, you will need an anti virus. And then open your anti virus, find the update button and click it. That way, you will be protected against all of the virus and malware that will attack your computer.
Clean The Temporary Files
Temporary files, including cache and cookies on the browser often become the nesting place of malware. For that, clean the temporary file on the browser, as well as windows (including the recycle bin) if you want to remove malware from your computer. To delete temporary files in windows, go to RUN then type % temp%. Delete all the contents of the temporary file.
Then remove the contents of the recycle bin, and then right click on the recycle bin icon on the desktop and select empty recycle bin. To delete temporary files in the Chrome browser, go to history, click menu and then select the option to delete browsing data. Check all options to delete all data.
Delete / Reset System Restore
Windows also has a System restore feature, which is actually very useful if there is a problem with the system. With system restore we can restore the system back like when point restore point in save. But unfortunately system restore is also often used as the safe house for malware.
I personally prefer to turn off all system restore. To reset system restore is quite easy, you just need to turn off system restore then turn off computer. After that restart the system restore, then the previously saved file system has been removed and replaced with the latest one.
Reinstall Your Computer
This is the last way and probably the most powerful way to remove malware from your computer. With a note, other partitions besides file system must also be scanned first, so it will not infect your computer system again. But too often re-install the OS also gives a bad impact, so you should be careful here.
So it's all up to you. If you are not careful enough, you will break your computer and probably lose all of your data and files. And just for your information, Most malware attacks the Windows OS, while other OS including Linux is very rarely attacked because of its open source nature that makes linux has a pretty tough security system. So there is no harm in switching to the program and Open Source Operating System. Or if you didn't like linux, you can use Apple Mac Computer that never attacked by virus.
Anyway without further ado, let's just go with how to eliminate a malicious software from your computer. But before that, I'm just gonna remind you that I only give you how to eliminate malware for windows only.
Use Offline Scanner
Did you know that windows 10 have a tool that allow you to eliminate malware? Yes, and it's called Windows Defender Offline. It's called offline because Windows Defender doing scanning outside of Windows. So the process of scanning and cleaning the malware is done before you go into Windows.
Well, It's easy to run it. Just go to Settings> Update & Security> Windows Defender> scroll down and select Scan Offline. After that Windows 10 will automatically restart and offline scanning process will start. The process will last 15 - 20 minutes and automatically enter Windows once the entire process is complete.
Read Also: How To Deal With Ransomware WannaCry Easily
Update Your Anti Virus
This is the basic thing you should do, always update you anti virus definition. Otherwise, your computer will be vulnerable to virus or malware attack. Because just like the technology that always evolving, computer virus and malware will always evolved and become more dangerous.
In that case, you should evolve your anti virus by updating it. To do this, you will need an anti virus. And then open your anti virus, find the update button and click it. That way, you will be protected against all of the virus and malware that will attack your computer.
Clean The Temporary Files
Temporary files, including cache and cookies on the browser often become the nesting place of malware. For that, clean the temporary file on the browser, as well as windows (including the recycle bin) if you want to remove malware from your computer. To delete temporary files in windows, go to RUN then type % temp%. Delete all the contents of the temporary file.
Then remove the contents of the recycle bin, and then right click on the recycle bin icon on the desktop and select empty recycle bin. To delete temporary files in the Chrome browser, go to history, click menu and then select the option to delete browsing data. Check all options to delete all data.
Delete / Reset System Restore
Windows also has a System restore feature, which is actually very useful if there is a problem with the system. With system restore we can restore the system back like when point restore point in save. But unfortunately system restore is also often used as the safe house for malware.
I personally prefer to turn off all system restore. To reset system restore is quite easy, you just need to turn off system restore then turn off computer. After that restart the system restore, then the previously saved file system has been removed and replaced with the latest one.
Reinstall Your Computer
This is the last way and probably the most powerful way to remove malware from your computer. With a note, other partitions besides file system must also be scanned first, so it will not infect your computer system again. But too often re-install the OS also gives a bad impact, so you should be careful here.
So it's all up to you. If you are not careful enough, you will break your computer and probably lose all of your data and files. And just for your information, Most malware attacks the Windows OS, while other OS including Linux is very rarely attacked because of its open source nature that makes linux has a pretty tough security system. So there is no harm in switching to the program and Open Source Operating System. Or if you didn't like linux, you can use Apple Mac Computer that never attacked by virus.
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