In this article I will tell you how to clean your computer from viruses with a 99% guarantee, because no modern antivirus can provide 100% protection. If you don't want to read for a long time or make a mistake, you can watch our video below.
Let's get started, in order to make it easier for us to find and clean viruses, first we need to clean the system folders. This will relieve the load on the c disk and increase the speed of your computer.
Turn on the desktop -> press the start button -> control panel -> small icons at the top right -> folder options -> view tab -> move the slider down and uncheck: Hide protected system files, hide the extension for registered file types and put a full stop opposite Show hidden files and folders -> click apply then OK.
Next, go to my computer -> drive c (maybe another letter, we are looking for a drive with the installed Windows folder) -> open windows folder, and then temp in it, select all files either by selection or Ctrl + A and delete absolutely everything that is there. If it says that the file cannot be deleted, skip it.
Again my computer -> drive c -> users -> folder with your username -> AppData -> Local -> Temp -> select all files again and delete them -> go back to the Local folder and omit to the very bottom and delete all files ( do not touch folders, be careful ), except for those with an ending DAT, ini.
Download CCleaner, install it in Russian (or to whom it is more convenient), run this program. Press the cleaning button (a broom is drawn) -> analysis, wait until 100% -> press the cleaning button. Next, click the Registry button -> search for problems, wait for 100% -> fix -> repeat the last steps until no errors are found. Now the service button -> delete all unnecessary programs in your opinion ( be careful! ), remove all toolbars and programs that you do not use. Startup button -> you can remove everything from startup except the antivirus.
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At some point, you realize that you need to expose the computer complete cleaning... How to completely clean your computer from viruses? First, check if there are those same viruses, clean the registries, clean the RAM of the device, the recycle bin ...
Cleaning the computer from viruses must be done from time to time, it is imperative that it does its job well and quickly, and also remains in working order for as long as possible. Otherwise, you will need computer repair, and very urgently.
We are treated for free
Let's talk today about how to clean your computer from viruses for free. To cure your computer from viruses for free, you need to find the AVZ program and the Curelt DrWeb utility on the Internet. To start treatment, we need to run the system in safe mode... To do this, when the computer turns on, press the F8 key.
In the emerging context menu select the "safe mode" option. If this led to a reboot of the system, then the virus touched windows registry, then you need to find a file on the Internet that helps restore Safe Mode, turn it on and repeat the procedure again.
- Then, after booting in safe mode, turn on the AVZ program;
- Go to the file menu - system restore immediately;
- Select all items and click execute.
After that, you need to go to the service menu - process manager and remove all processes that are not highlighted in green.
This is not the end of cleaning the computer from viruses, the maintenance continues and we are trying to figure out further how to clean the PC of viruses. Go to the file menu - troubleshooting wizard and perform a system cleanup. This will neutralize viruses, but will not remove them.
Curelt Help
Computer virus treatment continues. As you remember, we downloaded the Curelt utility, which allows you to clean your computer from viruses for free. The program needs to be run and tested. When viruses are found, you will be prompted to disinfect or remove them. Several hours of scanning will make it possible to remove viruses from the system.
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Many do not know how to clean a computer from viruses using another computer. Here's how: you need an uninfected computer with antivirus installed. Be careful not to damage the data. To implement this method, you need to remove HDD from an infected computer and connect it to a working one (computers are turned off). Thereafter:
- upload operating system;
- enable virus scanning;
- the check will end in a few hours.
Once free of viruses, you can put your hard drive back in place.
What to do if cleaning your computer from viruses did not lead to them complete removal? In this case, you can advise using another free (or paid) utility or, in extreme cases,.
We clean the RAM
Let's talk about how to clear the RAM on your computer. If your RAM is busy all the time, look at what exactly. To do this, you need to open the task manager (by simultaneously pressing the ctr + alt + del keys).
After that, in the "Processes" tab, you will see the programs that are currently open by the system. For unloading unnecessary programs from the operating memory, click on the "End process" button. Just try not to accidentally end the process that is necessary for the system to function.
How do I clear the RAM on my computer? To cancel automatic download programs into memory, remove the programs from the automatic download list. To do this, you can download a special utility Msconfig on the network.
We've covered two of the most common ways to clean up your computer's RAM. If after that you find that your memory is constantly clogged again, contact a specialist for whom computer repair is a common thing or a computer service so that they find the reason and carry out the service at a professional level.
We clean the registry
In order to remember how to clear the registry on a computer, you need to do some simple manipulations just once. So let's get started.
To go to the registry editor, you need to click start, select the Run item. Then click open and write regedit in the field that appears. Then click OK.
This is the registry editor. Among the items presented, we are interested in My computer, which needs to be expanded and from the selected list, you need to expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER section, then select Software and all computer programs will be displayed in the list that appears.
Carefully review the entire list and select from it entries about programs that have already been removed. After selecting an entry about a program that no longer exists, delete it. To do this, use the Delete button or right-click and select Delete. After deleting unnecessary entries, close the editor and reboot the system.
Removing trash from the trash can
Before emptying the trash on your computer, we recommend that you see if there is anything useful there. If not, feel free to start cleaning.
To empty the trash, right-click on the corresponding shortcut on the desktop and left-click on "empty trash" in the context menu that appears.
If you want to view the files before deleting, then by double-clicking the left mouse button on the shortcut, open it. Browse the files and at the top, after the address bar, left-click on the phrase "empty the trash". The computer will ask you to confirm the action. Press the left button on "yes".
Now you know how to clean your computer completely. Do not forget to do such a cleaning of the system at least once every six months, and let others do the repair of computers!
Today I want to give useful information for beginners, and for some already more or less experienced users, I think it will also be relevant. I'll tell you about such a popular and hackneyed topic as cleaning your computer from viruses. Almost any user working on a computer and surfing the Internet sooner or later grabs some kind of infection on his computer. And even installed antivirus working with the latest virus databases does not always protect against the penetration of all threats. It so happens that the hop, and missed a worm of some kind! And at the same time, we may not know about it ... Then only the first symptoms of infection may appear, for example, when the computer is turned on, some folder opens by itself or some incomprehensible heresy is going on in the browser, but in general anything can be ...
Therefore, the computer must be regularly manually cleaned of viruses in order to kill the infection that could invisibly enter your computer! And today's article is just about that ...
You can manually clean your computer from viruses using any antivirus. For example, if you have Kaspersky on your computer, then you can start cleaning your computer from viruses. It costs some NOD32, so you can scan the computer with it.
I will show you how to clean your computer from viruses using the well-known Avast antivirus as an example. I myself have been using it for the last couple of years, first of all because it is free, and secondly, because it protects as it should. "Why did you decide that you are protecting normally ?!" - you ask. Yes, it's enough just not to see any symptoms of viral activity, and also not to see the presence of threats when you regularly start cleaning your computer from viruses using another antivirus and, of course, always observe the stable operation of Windows!
If you would like to install Avast for yourself, then you can find instructions on how to install it and the recommended configuration in a separate article, here:
And now let's go straight to how to clean your computer from viruses.
So, here you, for example, grabbed some kind of infection on your computer. By the way, having an antivirus with updated databases on your computer, which is always working and updated, to pick up any rubbish - you still need to try :) And most often this happens when users climb some dumb sites or look naked women, for example :)) Or, for example, on unfamiliar sites they start downloading something that is offered, opening pop-up windows and in this spirit. And more often than not, users connect the flash drives of acquaintances, friends to their computer and infect their computer. Virus through flash drives is transmitted very cool :)
This is how often infection occurs!
How to clean your computer from viruses if Windows successfully boots on your computer and you can open the antivirus installed on your computer!
Follow the steps below:
I open the "Scanning" section on the main Avast screen:
In the next window, select "Scan for viruses":
Now you need to select a scan option. As you remember, I mentioned the "full" scan. But Avast antivirus has a better check option - "Scan at OS boot":
What is it and what is it eaten with? Scanning at boot time is a scan of your computer for viruses even before the operating system has loaded (in our case, Windows). This allows you to catch the infection that somehow manages to in the system, for example, to disguise itself and is not visible. But even before the system boots, the whole virus is in full view, because they are inactive and do not perform any of their cunning actions. There is only one drawback - while the scan is in progress, you will not be able to work at the computer in any way. And if there is a ton of information on your computer, then you will not be able to work for a long time :) Sometimes scanning can take several hours!
So, if your antivirus has the ability to scan before loading the OS (i.e. operating system) and you do not need a computer in time, perhaps up to several hours (while the computer is being cleaned from viruses), then choose this scan option!
If you do not have time, you need to do some work at the computer while cleaning the computer from viruses, then select the "Full scan" option.
Having chosen the scanning option, you need to check its settings and, if anything, adjust.
Scan settings are present in all antiviruses!
In Avast antivirus, to go to the scan settings, first select the scan option from the list, then at the bottom left click "Scan settings":
OS Boot Scan Settings:
First and foremost is the choice of the area to scan your computer. Here you need to select the part of the computer that you want to scan. If the computer has not been scanned for a long time or you suspect that it is infected (you see some symptoms), then I recommend scanning the entire computer, and for this you need to select the "All hard drives" item. Optionally, you can scan at least one folder at a time, if you need it :)
Second, set the scanning sensitivity to maximum so that there are 4 sticks.
Third, check that both the checkboxes "Search for potentially unwanted programs" and "Unpack archived files" are checked.
Fourth - select the action that the antivirus will take when a threat is detected. If you don’t want to sit with your head buried in the monitor and watch the scanning process, waiting for it to find some virus so that you can remove it, set the value to “Remove”. Then the antivirus will automatically delete everything it finds. If you want to take part in the process of cleaning your computer from viruses and decide for yourself what to delete, and what to spare and skip, then select "Ask". Then the antivirus will ask you what to do with it when it detects each threat.
Full scan settings (via the system itself):
Let's start scanning your computer! To do this, press the "Start" button:
Note!
If you chose to scan before OS boot, then it will be performed after the next system reboot, and not immediately! Simply put, in order for the scan to start, you need to restart your computer and wait for the virus cleaning to start. It will take place in an unusual "environment", on a black screen, without any pretties like in Windows.The computer will start scanning and you just have to wait for the completion. If any threats are found, the antivirus will inform you about it.
In the case of starting an ordinary - full scan, you can interrupt it using the "Stop" button (1) or temporarily pause (to continue later) using the "Pause" button (2):
You can download the healing program from DrWeb by the link:
free.drweb.ru
On the page that opens, click the "Free Download" button:
We agree to send statistics about the work of the program to the developer (otherwise the program will not be able to download!):
And on the last page we accept the terms of the license agreement, after which we click "Continue" and the download of the program will begin:
The size of the program is about 170 MB.
The healing utility from Kaspersky can be downloaded from the link:
kaspersky.com
On the page that opens, click the Download button under the Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool:
After you download one of the curing programs, you can start rescanning to more reliably clean your computer of viruses. Similar curing programs for all antiviruses are very similar and have the same number of functions, so I will show you a scan using one program as an example - from the DrWeb antivirus.
Launching a scan with a curing program from DrWeb.
I launch the downloaded healing program:
In the window, put a tick, confirming your consent to participate in the quality improvement program (otherwise you will not be able to continue!) And click "Continue":
Before starting the scan, enable one option in the settings. Go to settings:
In the settings, go to the "Exceptions" tab and check the "Archives" checkbox below, so that the archives are also checked during scanning. Then I click "OK" to save the changes:
Returning to the main window, click "Select objects to scan":
To scan an entire computer, you need to select all the hard drives of the computer for scanning. Click below on the inscription "Click to select files and folders":
In the window, tick all local drives computer and click "OK" at the bottom:
Now you can start scanning directly from the window for selecting an area for scanning. Click "Start Check":
Scanning your computer starts. The program will find viruses and you can remove them.
Updating the antivirus and its virus databases.
The first thing to do before you start cleaning your computer from viruses is to update the virus databases from your antivirus. What does it mean to update the virus databases? Virus databases are special knowledge bases of antivirus software. of various kinds threats. Using these databases, the anti-virus can determine whether a file is a threat. At the same time, the databases are often updated (sometimes several times a day) just for the sole purpose of making the antivirus respond to the newest threats!
Updating databases in each anti-virus is the same. Those. you need to go to the update section and click the "Update" button. Buttons and sections may be named slightly differently, but the essence is the same.
Now I will show the process of updating the virus databases using the example of Avast antivirus.:
That's the whole update procedure!
And although updates are performed automatically (unless, of course, you turned them off yourself !!), before manually cleaning your computer from viruses, I recommend updating the databases yourself so that the antivirus with 100% certainty does not miss any rubbish on the computer due to old virus databases.
Scanning your computer for viruses.
After the databases have been updated, you can start cleaning your computer from viruses, i.e. to the scanning process. There are several options for scanning in each antivirus, for example: "Fast", "Full", "Custom". If your computer has not been scanned for viruses for a long time, you need to do a full scan of the computer, i.e. check every nook and cranny of your computer for viruses!
Again, the scanning process is similar in every antivirus. Only the names of sections and buttons are changed. And the general meaning is as follows: go to the "Scanning" section, select "Full Scan" and start the check with the "Start" button or similar.
Full computer scan process using Avast as an example:
Rescanning with another antivirus.
After you clean the computer and the threats are destroyed, I would do one more run, namely, download a specialized curing program of any other antivirus and scan the computer again. I recommend doing this when the computer was decently infected (for example, a dozen threats were found during a scan with the main antivirus) or after the first cleaning of the computer, you still observe some symptoms of infection. This is quite possible! After all, one antivirus may not detect absolutely all threats. Therefore, for reliability in such cases, I scan the computer with two antiviruses in turn. But this does not mean that you have to install a second antivirus on your computer to re-clean it from viruses, not at all! Almost every antivirus developer has special healing programs that you can quickly download and scan your computer for free. At the same time, they do not interfere with the antivirus already installed on the computer.
For example, I used similar healing programs to clean the computer from viruses developed by DrWeb and Kaspersky. You can choose any to rescan your computer or download from another developer. For example, I give links to utilities from DrWeb and Kaspersky.
Here is such a simple sequence of steps to start a thorough cleaning of your computer from viruses in case you can boot the system and safely open the antivirus.
How to clean your computer from viruses if you cannot start the antivirus in the usual way, or if you cannot load Windows itself!
It can easily be that your computer is so infected with viruses that it is simply unbearable to work in Windows and even starting the scanner becomes a big problem (i.e. the computer slows down a lot). Or here's another situation ... Some cunning virus has disabled your antivirus or it just doesn't start due to an error, as a result of which you will no longer be able, as described above, to take and run a computer scan to clean it from viruses. Figurines! The antivirus may not start :) Or maybe you have no antivirus at all on your computer and there is nothing to scan your computer with. Or Windows generally refuses to start due to viral activity (this also takes place!).
In general, in all of the above cases and other similar cases, when you cannot start the scan in the usual way, you will have to run the so-called boot scan - cleaning the computer from viruses from a specially burned disk or flash drive.
Treatment procedure:
You can download the bootable version of the DrWeb antivirus by clicking on this link:
freedrweb.com
On the antivirus website that opens, select one of 2 versions: for recording to disk or to a USB flash drive.
After choosing a version, scroll through the license agreement and click "Accept License Agreement" below:
The antivirus will start downloading to your computer. Keep in mind that the download version is about 610 MB in size, which means that you will have to wait while it downloads.
You can download the bootable version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus using this link:
kaspersky.com
Here on the page, click the Download button under the Kaspersky Rescue Disk program:
The download of the bootable version will begin immediately. It is about 270 MB in size.
The Avast bootable disc can be burned to a USB flash drive (or created ISO file) directly through the antivirus itself installed on the computer. To do this, the "Rescue Disk" component had to be installed along with the antivirus.
In the main program window, select Tools> Rescue Disk:
In the window, you need to select which device you want to burn the bootable version: to a USB flash drive or CD / DVD disk (fits on a simple CD disk):
There is such a nuance here ... If you immediately choose “ USB device", Then the bootable version will be downloaded and will immediately start writing to the USB flash drive, so the USB flash drive must be connected to the computer in advance. If you select the option of recording to a disc ("Compact Disc"), then recording to the disc will not be performed immediately and the antivirus will create an ISO file (program image), which you can then burn to both the disc and the USB flash drive. Therefore, if you want to immediately write to a USB flash drive, select the "USB device" option and connect the flash drive before that, if you want to save the program image and then write it wherever you want on your own, then select CD.
Click the Create Rescue Disk button.
If you chose the option of recording to a USB flash drive, then the download of the bootable version will immediately begin, after which it will be written to the USB flash drive:
Keep in mind that downloading can take about half an hour or more!
If you selected the "Compact Disc" option, then in the next window, click the "Browse" button to select a folder on your computer to save the ISO image of the bootable version:
An explorer window will open, where you first need to select a folder to save the image, and then specify a name. Specify the name in order not to get confused later on what kind of file it is and what you need it for :) Then click "Save":
Now, in the previous window, click "Create ISO Image":
And as in the case of writing to a USB flash drive, the download of the bootable version will begin.
After the bootable version is downloaded and written to the USB flash drive (or an ISO image is created), you will receive the message "Rescue disk created":
Downloading the bootable version of the antivirus.
For such a computer treatment, you will have to have a disk or a USB flash drive, where a special bootable version of the antivirus will be recorded (the one that opens and works from the disk / flash drive, before Windows boots).
If such a breakdown (i.e. infection of the computer with viruses) happened at a time when you do not have a disk or flash drive with an already recorded antivirus at hand, then you will have to write it down. Moreover, if Windows does not even load on you, then you will have to do it through some other computer, otherwise there is no way ...
So, first you need to download a bootable version of the antivirus from the Internet. This version is distributed, as a rule, free of charge and almost every antivirus. Also, in some antiviruses (for example, in Avast) it is possible to write the bootable version to a disk or USB flash drive directly through the antivirus itself.
I am a user of similar bootable versions of the antivirus DrWeb, Kaspersky and Avast.
You can download bootable versions of some other antivirus, if they have one.
After you have downloaded the bootable version in the file, proceed to writing the antivirus to a disk or USB flash drive.
Preparing a disk or flash drive with antivirus for computer disinfection.
If you created boot disk with Avast antivirus with the choice of recording on a USB flash drive, according to the instructions from step number 1, then you are already ready bootable USB drive and information from this step can be skipped.
If through Avast antivirus if you decide to make an ISO file so that you can then burn it yourself to a disk or a USB flash drive, or you downloaded a bootable version of an antivirus from the Internet in the form of the same ISO image file, then you need to write this file to a USB flash drive.
Writing images of programs to a USB flash drive is done through special programs... One of simple ways presented here in this article:
If you want to burn an image to a CD / DVD disc, then in Windows 8 and older you can do it without additional programs! Just right click on ISO image and select "Burn disc":
Insert the CD or DVD into your computer. In the window that opens, it remains only to select the drive (if you have several of them in your computer) and click the "Burn" button:
We are waiting for the end of the recording and you can proceed to the next step!
If you have Windows version 7 or earlier, you can burn the image of the program (ISO) through a special free program. How to do this is described in the article:
We boot the computer from a burned disk or flash drive.
After you have burned a disc or a USB flash drive with a bootable version of the antivirus, you need to make sure that the computer does not start Windows after restarting as usual, but starts loading just the burned disc or flash drive. And for this, most often you have to climb into the BIOS settings.
What it is and how to set up booting from a disk / flash drive there is described in the article:
We clean the computer from viruses using the bootable version of the antivirus.
If you managed to create a bootable version of the antivirus, then when booting from a USB flash drive or disk where it is recorded, you will not see the usual Windows window. Instead, another operating system will be opened specifically for scanning for viruses.
Now I will show you how to clean your computer from viruses using the bootable version using the Avast antivirus as an example.
Actually, the boot scanner is extremely simple. In the bootable version window, under the question "What to scan", select the area to scan: all hard disks of the computer (All hard disks) or selected folders and files (Selected folders / disks). If you suspect that your computer is infected or you simply haven't scanned it for a long time, then I recommend choosing to scan the entire computer - that is, all hard drives in him! Basically, if I scan a computer, I always choose the full scan.
In the second step, check the "Scan all archivers" option so that the antivirus will scan all archives as well. Although it will take longer, the scan reliability will be higher.
And finally, click "Start scan" to start scanning:
The computer scan process will start:
You can cancel scanning at any time by pressing the "Stop" button. As a last resort, you can just restart the computer with the button on the case :)
This is how I personally clean my computer from viruses. I think this approach is effective and since I rarely have problems with a computer (mainly due to hardware, and not the presence of viruses), then this option for cleaning a computer can really be used.
I wish that your computers never catch any infection! :) See you in the following articles ...
This is not just a program for cleaning your computer from viruses, although its main purpose is just that. It is a complete set of tools to keep your operating system safe and optimized. To be clear, here are the top 3 benefits of 360 Total Security from other freeware programs and most paid software:
- A combination of several anti-virus engines, including proprietary designs and algorithms such as Avira and Bitdefender. Part of the data processing takes place using the 360 Cloud cloud service, for which your processor and RAM will say thank you and respond with faster work. It is difficult to figure out how to clean your computer from viruses more efficiently;
- Scanner for inactive and background programs or processes that do not carry a payload, but only slow down the computer. Such applications are closed, after which useful resources are released;
- Search for junk files and remaining "tails" after deleting earlier installed programs... Remember, for normal operation it is not enough to clean your computer of viruses, you also need to keep its hard drives under control!
In principle, any computer is exposed to the danger of virus infection. What if your fears have already grown into the belief that your PC is infected? Do you want to uninstall the operating system and format the hard drive? Call a specialist? Trying to heal your computer yourself? This article will focus on self-cleaning the computer from viral infection using antivirus tools from well-known manufacturers.
Treatment with a free disposable utility
In order to find and neutralize an infection that has entered your computer, it is enough to use free one-time tools. This method is good in that you do not need to remove the antivirus installed on your system (although why is it needed if it has allowed the virus to enter the system), it is enough to stop it during the scan. Disposable utilities downloaded from the official sites contain the latest anti-virus databases, are fully functional for our purposes and are able to clean the virus threat from the computer.
It is worth drawing your attention to the fact that by downloading antivirus utilities from third-party sites, you may not only fail to achieve the desired result, but also expose your system to greater danger - it is likely that “hacked” software products contain destructive viral code, and after curing the computer of old viruses, they will put their own in it, new.
The curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
Doctor Web provides the Dr.Web CureIt! Utility for computer disinfection, which is available for download from the official website:
Once downloaded, the utility does not require installation or any database updates and is completely ready for use. We launch it. In the window that opens, define the objects that need to be checked.
Since you do not know exactly where the virus settled on the computer, you should specify all system objects by checking the box for them:
Also, I highly recommend specifying all storage media connected to the system for verification. Click to select:
and check the boxes next to all available drives:
Before starting the scan, you can also change the scan settings:
Check the box for automatic application of actions so that you do not have to react every time in manual mode (after all, a full check can take several hours) and proceed to, in fact, the settings:
Here, in my opinion, it is worth changing the action for incurable files to be deleted, so as not to accidentally pull the virus out of the quarantine folder later. It is unlikely that you will need a sample to study, so feel free to put “delete”, the extra utility will not delete, do not worry:
We are finished with the settings - you can start the scan. Please be patient, the check must go completely, to the end. Do not interrupt it in the hope of continuing later - you have not forgotten that viruses tend to multiply? As soon as you leave one untreated file, the next time you run the curing program, you will find that hundreds of infected.
So - starting the check:
During it, you will be shown information about the progress of scanning in the form of a green "thermometer", you will also see the number of scanned objects and detected threats:
After a while, you will be able to make sure that you have taken care of catching viruses for a reason:
Since we have set up the automatic application of actions, nothing more is required from us. Upon completion of the check, it is worth restarting the computer (especially if you are prompted to do so) - to apply the changes in the registry.
Everything, we have successfully coped with the task. The computer is cleaned of viruses.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Those who do not trust Doctor Web (or, on the contrary, completely trust Kaspersky Lab), should be advised to use the Kaspersky utility Virus Removal Tool:
The main thing is not to confuse it with another free program, Kaspersky Security Scan - it detects viruses with no less high quality, but, unfortunately, it does not know how to cure.
Before starting the utility, as usual, configure its parameters:
There are not so many of them to get confused - you just need to specify all system objects and add your hard drives to conduct the most complete check:
Is it done? Then press the button "Start check", it is big - you will not miss:
During the scan, you will be familiar with the number of scanned objects, detected threats, and you will see how close the scan is to completion:
When the utility finishes its work, you will see a detailed report with a list of detected dangers, and you can choose what to do with them manually:
You can just delete everything (1), or you can apply a separate action to each object (2) - maybe what the Virus Removal Tool considered a threat, you need to work.
Dr.Web LiveDisk and Kaspersky Rescue Disk
In the event that viruses intercepted control of the system and the above-mentioned utilities do not start or cannot delete blocked objects, you need to use special disks, booting from which, a “clean” system will start, from which you can scan and clean your Windows.
You can find the images of Dr.Web LiveDisk and Kaspersky Rescue Disk on the corresponding official websites of Doctor Web or Kaspersky Lab, and there are utilities for writing a boot image, if necessary, to a USB flash drive.
Having booted from any of these disks, you will see a utility icon on your desktop, with which you, without much difficulty, can clean your computer of viruses.
Using trial versions of antivirus software
One-time utilities work great, but they do not guarantee you are safe from subsequent re-infection. In order not only to cure, but also to secure the system, it is necessary to use anti-virus monitors that monitor what is going on in your computer, and it is better to use specialized complexes of anti-virus services. Decide which software what suits you best, you can install a 30-day trial version, and later you can purchase a license to use it for a longer time.
Kaspersky Internet Security
Don't be intimidated by the purchase offer, feel free to download trial version:
Unlike disposable utilities, this software requires installation, after which it will ask you to enter an activation code or activate a trial version. In principle, you can scan your computer and clean it of viruses without activating the license at all, but if you want to get acquainted with the full capabilities of this software product, get trial license still worth:
In addition, it is necessary to download virus databases and updates:
When all updates are completed, you can start a full scan of your computer, viruses will be definitely detected and neutralized:
After cleaning the system, you have a whole month to sort out Kaspersky Internet Security, understand how functional it is, decide whether it suits you and whether it loads your system too much. There are a lot of functions in the package, but for the time given for acquaintance, you can master absolutely everything.
This product is also available in a trial, demo version, just download it from the company's website:
After installing and rebooting, you can immediately launch the scanner from the system tray:
The choice, of course, requires a full check:
After you have made your choice, a window very similar to what we can see in the one-time Cure It! Utility will open and the scanning process will start.
However, it is also no different from how a one-time utility works. The main difference is that the virus databases will be regularly updated (at least during the demo mode), and your computer will be reliably protected with all the broad functionality of the Dr.Web Security Space package.
As with a Kaspersky Lab product, you have 30 days to master all the services and check the reliability of the software.
Of course, it's up to you to decide in what ways to clean your computer from viruses, with what software. The choice is large enough and is not at all limited to the products of the companies indicated in the article. The main thing is to use officially distributed software and download it from reliable, official sites. And besides, nevertheless, do not forget about computer hygiene, and then the issue of cleaning your computer will worry you much less often.