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How to Remove a Computer Virus - Safely and Easily
By Alex Redbridge

Computer casualties are rising day by day, it's pretty much a digital epidemic! The number of internet users with zero security and virus defense is worrying. It's much easier to prevent a virus attack and much more preferred than having to later try to figure out how to remove a computer virus.

I need to know how to remove a computer virus

There's no simple answer, other than grabbing your Windows CD and giving your computer a complete reformat - who wants to lose all their data though? Firstly, you should do some form of virus scan - find out the name of the infection. Once you have diagnosed the virus, do a little research - if it's a hard hitter - there will be specific details on how to deal with it online.

Update your anti-virus software - most companies have daily updates, make sure auto update is switched on. If your computer has been compromised before you could successfully update or install anti-virus software, it becomes a little more difficult.

If you can locate the hard drive inside your PC, you may wish to extract it and link it up too a spare PC for repairing. Opening your PC may breach your guarantee if you purchased a package computer. Not much of a guarantee - they make sure you have to pay them to repair it!

When connecting up a corrupt hard drive to a new system, avoid at all costs running any programs or files on the drive. This will just cause the virus to load and spread, simply boot up like normal and scan the newly detected drive completely.

I don't have any anti-virus software

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I need more information

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