A virus is malware that can damage the data on your computer, disrupt its operation, or even completely disable it. Get rid of the virus as soon as possible.
It is quite difficult to fight computer viruses, it is much easier to prevent their appearance. Be sure to install an antivirus program on your computer. Now on the Internet you can find and download antiviruses for free or with a paid subscription. Check your hard drive regularly for viruses. Typically, antivirus programs have an automatic check feature that you can adjust as you wish. If possible, try not to visit suspicious sites and do not download files from unfamiliar resources. If you do catch a virus, there are several ways to get rid of it. Scan all hard drives of your computer with an antivirus. At the end of the work, the program will display the scan result with the detected virus and offer three options for solving the problem: cure, send to quarantine and delete. Choose "delete" - this is guaranteed to get rid of the virus. If your computer does not have antivirus software, download cleaning utilities from the Internet, such as CureIt or COMODO Cleaning Essentials. Install them and remove the detected viruses. If a virus does not allow you to access the Internet, blocking the browser, try to remove it as follows. Go to the Windows folder and then to the system32 folder Select the drivers folder and go to etc. Open the hosts file in notepad. Remove all data after line 127.0.0.1.localhost and save the file. Now restart your computer. Just in case, install antivirus and scan your hard drives. Banners that cover most of the desktop and require you to send money SMS can be dealt with by restarting your computer in Safe Mode. After a safe reboot, activate the antivirus or healing utilities and remove the virus. If the virus has completely blocked your computer, start the operating system from a different drive. Take advantage of the launch from the LiveCD, check the system for viruses and destroy them. You can also connect an additional hard drive with an installed OS. Start the operating system from it and check all hard drives with antivirus programs.
