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Article by Alex Redbridge

It astonishes me how many people ignore the signs of a computer virus, remove infections now or deal with the consequences!

With the development of Windows, the more usability it creates – the easier it is to compromise with virus code. This is why big corporations and banks use specially developed platforms – Windows is just too much of a gamble when dealing with customer accounts.

It’s very difficult to pinpoint an exact method for dealing with a computer virus. This is due to the various versions and species that have evolved over the last generation. There’s one clear cut way to wipe out any problems – that’s with a computer hard drive reformat.

Not the most practical solution now is it? This may well be all that your left with if you’ve allowed an infection to spread – causing your PC or laptop to not even turn on.

First step to conquering an attack would be with a virus scan – find out what the virus is called. If it’s a wide spread epidemic, there might be more information about the specific virus.

Update your anti-virus software and give your whole system a scan – this might take some time but it’s worth the wait. If you don’t own any anti-virus protection and actively use the internet, especially to download – you need to seriously look into installing some defense.

Hopefully your system has been restored with the updated or newly installed anti-virus software. It’s possible that the infection has disabled or blocked the software from working / installing.

Having access to another PC is useful if you can locate the hard drive inside your system. Unplug the power and remove the hard drive with a screwdriver. Connect the corrupt hardware to your PC and use the virus scan to remove the infection.

Beware that you do not run any applications on the corrupt hard drive – this could cause your secondary system to become infected.

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