

Reinstall Windows from scratch using your Windows installation CD or Reformat your hard disk, erasing everything on it (typically as part Guarantee that any amount of clean up will actually eradicate whateverĪnd sometimes your machine is in such a bad state that you Infected by anything, it’s not your computer any more. You might have to reboot into safe mode inĪnd, because the alternative is so conceptually costly, “try toĬlean it up” is the option that most people attempt.Īs I’ve also said before, though, once your computer has been Software, possibly several different packages, repeatedly until the The common attempts to clean it up boil down to running anti-malware Infected by malware, what can you do to clean it up?Īs I’ve mentioned before, there are two schools of thought: The real question boils down to this: if your machine is heavily The major anti-virus programs are only just nowĬatching up and detecting and removing it. In addition, AntiVirus XP is another particularly nasty virus making Your hard disk in such a way that you would need to replace it.”


“… a virus is not going to physically harm
