With this step-by-step blog post, Boot Sector Virus Removal shouldn’t be anything to fear! A boot sector virus is a type of malware that infects a system’s boot partition or the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a hard disk. During startup and before security software can be executed, the virus executes malicious code. Once a…
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How to remove a Rootkit Virus from a computer
How to Remove a Rootkit Virus from a Computer A rootkit is a type of malware that hides itself deep in a system and can evade detection by most antivirus software. A rootkit can give hackers remote access to a computer, steal your clients personal information, monitor your clients online activity, and install other malicious…
How to remove a Boot Sector Virus
A boot sector virus is a type of virus that infects the Master Boot Record (MBR) or DOS Boot Sector of a computer’s hard drive. This type of virus can be difficult to remove because it resides in the sectors that are used to start your Operating System. A simple operating system replacement may leave…
Very basic Virus Removal Guide
Here is a basic step-by-step guide to removing a virus from a computer: Please comment with your thoughts on this post – too basic?I will be delving into how to remove specific types of viruses in future posts. 🙂
A Lesson in Computer Viruses and how to deal with them (Part 2 of 2)
PART 2 OF 2 Last Blog I discussed what a virus is and how it multiplies. I also discussed why viruses are written and how they effect our lives. This column I will explain how to deal with viruses. How can you tell when a program is infected with a virus? You can’t,…
A Lesson in Computer Viruses and how to deal with them (Part 1 of 2)
PART 1 of 2 Computer viruses are now a part of life, thanks mostly to the technological advances in our environment. Large scale networks, such as the Internet, allow vast amounts of data to be exchanged; the perfect environment for a computer virus to spread. Expensive software drives consumers to resort to shareware (low…