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These days, with the menace of virus increasing by leaps and bounds,
your PCs and Macintoshes come preloaded with personal firewalls which
auto protect you from both viruses and spy ware. But this is on the
prevention side of the story. But what do you do when you notice virus
in your computer and how do you get rid of it? Here are a few steps you
can do at home without calling for help.
First of all, you need to have an effective anti virus software installed on your PC. In case you are using Macintosh check for the appropriate version before you download it. The MOST popular anti virus software are Norton's anti virus and MacAfee's 'Virus shield'
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First of all, you need to have an effective anti virus software installed on your PC. In case you are using Macintosh check for the appropriate version before you download it. The MOST popular anti virus software are Norton's anti virus and MacAfee's 'Virus shield'
1. Update your anti virus programs regularly either by visiting the producer's web site or by turning ON the auto update feature.
2. Turn
ON the auto scan in your antivirus. This runs a scan session every time
you boot your computer looking for infections and automatically
deleting them in the background. Even the best anti virus needs your
intervention when the anti virus software can't delete worms by itself.
3. There
are some stubborn viruses. For viruses that don't budge, what you need
to do is search for more information on the net, websites of anti virus
makers contain definitions and removal information of all known
viruses. You can use this to get rid of your virus. You can,
alternately, search by the name of the virus itself.
4. If you
have to download any patches (bits of software for your anti virus) do
it. This will almost always remove most of the infections.
5. Certain
adwares can't be caught or detected easily, in such instances you can
run another anti virus. And follow the instruction carefully.
6. You
should know why anti virus programs score over deleting viruses.
Viruses corrupt files in addition to creating new files. First of all
it is hard to detect all of them apart from the dangers of deleting the
necessary files too.
I hope this guide helps you! Please rate my guide helpful if you think this has helped you solved your problems.
Guide created: 01/23/08 (updated 03/17/08)
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