Getting Rid of Malware

We have seen many PCs with malware issues so we thought it would be worth posting this. If you start getting weird pop-ups saying something along the lines of “you have a virus and click here to purchase…”, follow the steps below:

1. Uninstall all the anti-virus and anti-spyware that you currently have on your Windows computer. They obviously did not do their job so don’t bother keeping them.
2. Download following programs (all are free and work as good if not better than the paid programs):ClamWin Antivirus
   http://www.clamwin.com/

   Windows Defender
   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
   
   Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware
   http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php*

   * Technically, this is $25 but you do not need to pay for it unless you want to use the active protection feature.

3. Run Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware. Do a Full Scan. It will take quite a bit of time. When the scan is finished, have it remove all the found items.
4. Reboot.
5. Install ClamWin Antivirus.
6. Install Windows Defender.
7. Download and install any critical Microsoft updates.
8. Reboot.

After that, your computer should be good to go and will find that you have less of these types of issues in the future.