Safe mode is a version of Windows with a bare minimum of resources loaded to help you fix Windows. ComboFix - If you can't run the scans in normal Windows, try Safe Mode.If you have an older system, use at your own descrition. Unfortunately Combofix will not work on Windows 8.1 and Windows 2000. I use to include Combofix as one of my chosen scanners especially if I suspected a serious infection or rootkit. Then I would download, install, update, and run the following: Another option would be for cleaning out the temperary files would be Privazer - /Īnother option for viewing background processes would be Autoruns. Warning: as of this writing Ccleaner has come under attack for taking private data from cutomers even when the option not to is selected in the setings. Mainly get rid of toolbars, their updaters, optimization programs, any program promising to speed up your system or to prevent future problems. Only experience and/or a good search engine can tell you what to keep or not. Then I disable any start up items, extensions and Scheduled Tasks that I think are not needed. Here are my latest.įirst I use Ccleaner Usually Ccleaner was not just to clean up temp files but to go to the Tools menu and then the Startup options. I have to adapt my procedures according to the situations. Another culprit I suspect is these, "You Got To See What This Celebrity Is Doing With That One!" type videos on Facebook. Another way is when people get their browser hijacked (usually by the previous mentioned method) and get taken to a new search page that displays ads claiming that there are problems with the computer, or promises to speed up the system or the Internet. Most people get these by installing programs without paying attention to the install screens and unchecking the options for additional software.
Now, in my case at least, the main problems seem to be PUPs or Potentially Unwanted Programs like toolbars and web browser hijackers. Then came the scareware messages claiming to be from law enforcement agency, locking your system with the message that you have something illegal on your system. In reality, it is probably the only virus on you system. They block your system and try to bully you into paying for a scanner to remove the so-called virus it finds. I originally wrote this when the most dominate malware around where those fake anti-virus programs. My Procedures For Getting Rid Of Any Malware
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