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Helpful Information on Computer Virus Removal

Computers are subject to viruses at all times, regardless of the care you take when online and using your email. If you don't detect and remove them properly, they can use restricted damage to your computer such as slowing down your pc or severe damage such as destroying your hard drive.

Author: Kyle Springer
Date: Aug 26, 2011 - 2:19:21 AM

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Computers are subject to viruses at all times, regardless of the care you take when online and using your email. If you don’t detect and remove them properly, they can use restricted damage to your computer such as slowing down your pc or severe damage such as destroying your hard drive. Read this article to learn the symptoms of computer viruses and how to remove them.

What a computer virus exactly is?

Virus is a software application that hinders the normal operation of a computer. It spreads from one computer to another to corrupt and destroy the files on it. Computer viruses are usually spread through email and instant messages. Hence, you don’t open email and instant messages from unknown people. They are also spread through malicious websites.

How to recognize the symptoms of computer viruses?

If your computer is affected from the virus, it may run slowly than usual, stop responding or shut down often. You computer can crash and restart again and again. A computer virus is also capable to deactivate your anti-virus software. You will see some new icons suddenly appeared on your desktop. You can also hear strange sounds and music play infrequently. You can also find some important software missing from your computer even when you haven’t removed it.

Computer Virus Removal Tips

If you find any of above-mentioned symptoms on your computer, run a scan with antivirus software. If you haven’t installed an antivirus on your computer, do it immediately. Avast and Kaspersky are two of the best antivirus software on the internet.

Remember to down the latest Microsoft updates as well your antivirus program. Disconnect the computer from the internet and from the LAN, if applicable. If your computer is showing a start-up error, you are recommended to start it in a safe mode and run a scan. This will take a couple of hours depending on the number of files on your computer. Once, the computer has been scanned, the results will be displayed on your screen highlighting the type and number of viruses, if found any. If you can either remove or quarantine the viruses, you must do.

If your computer has affected from a severe virus attack and you are not able to detect or remove the viruses, hire remote virus removal services of supportnerds.com to get rid of harmful viruses from your computer and have your data recovered.

Virus removal & computer repair support for any computer issues. Make your computer clean by removing viruses & spyware. Certified American Technician offers virus removal services to resolve onsite issues at comparatively low price.

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