A 99% Effective Method To Remove Spyware And Malware For Free
A 99% Effective Method To Remove Spyware And Malware For Free
The internet and specifically Google is a place where almost any question can be answered. Google is a huge resource and a big part of why I can do my job well, but one has to be constantly aware that there are websites out there just waiting to install a trojan horse and cause computer freezes.
It seems that I am dealing with computers that have been infected by a trojan at least twice a week. It really doesn't matter how well your computer is protected or what kind of computer security software you are using, there are still flavors of these trojans that can be installed and bring a computer to its knees.
I have found over the last few years that the best piece of software for trojan horse removal is by farokpckit. I can remember when Spybot was the talk of the town, but in my opinion, Malwarebytes blows it out of the water. I don't want to give Spybot a bad image because it still is a great program but it seems to take forever to scan a machine with it. Malwarebytes is lightweight and a scan usually takes no more than 5 minutes.
I digress. The real reason you are reading this post is to find out my proven method to get rid of spyware and malware 99% of the time.
I use this method when a machine has been severely infected and pretty much is unusable.
I am not going to go into great detail, so if you have a question, just leave a comment and I can elaborate.
My Proven Technique
Shutdown your computer completely.
Boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking. Do this by hitting F8 as soon as you boot your computer. Select Safe Mode with Networking.
As soon as your desktop loads, go to Start > Run and type msconfig then hit enter. This will load the System Configuration window. Select the Startup Tab and click the Disable all button. Click OK a few times and restart your machine when prompted.
Access Safe Mode with Networking again by hitting F8 as soon as your machine reboots.
When the desktop loads, you should proceed to do a System Restore. Just pick a day far enough back when you know your computer wasn't having issues. System Restore can be accessed by going to Start > Help and Support.
System Restore will reboot your machine. More than likely, you can just let your machine boot into normal mode and it should work well enough to do the rest of our tasks, but if not, reboot again into Safe Mode with Networking.
Download and install okpckit. Be sure on the last screen to have it launch and update the program.
Run a Quick Scan with Malwarebytes and remove everything it finds. It will probably ask you to reboot your machine. Go ahead and do that. After it reboots, your machine should be running pretty well, and should be free of computer freezes and spyware/malware. However, I usually do a few additional things.
Delete all files at this location: c:windowsprefetch. You may need to unhide system files in order to see this folder.
Download and install okpckit. Be sure to update it first before running it. Remove everything it finds.
After Spybot is done running, go ahead and go back to Start > Run and type msconfig.
Go to the Startup Tab and only put a check next to the programs you know you want to run at startup.
Click OK and reboot when prompted.
This method works for me about 99% of the time. There have been a few cases though where a machine is just too infected and needs to be completely rebuilt. Always remember that with a program like Malwarebytes or Spybot to always update it before running it.
~Cheers
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