How to get rid of viruses

Hi all, this guide will help you on how to clean your pc from keyloggers.


Note: Vista/Win. 7 users must run installations and the downloaded programs as Administrator. You can do this by right-clicking the program and select Run as Administrator.

1.

•Download CCleaner here: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download - and install it.


•Once it’s booted, press the button to Clean up your system.
This can take a few minutes, depending on how much trash there is on your PC. Please read what is being removed, you might not want the program to remove your Internet History or saved passwords.
Note: CCleaner can ask you to install Yahoo Toolbar during the installation. Uncheck this option if you do not want the toolbar!


2.
•Download Ad-aware Free Anti-Malware 8 http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-Free-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10045910.html - and install it.
If you get an license note during the installation, press Use Free.
•After the installation Ad-Aware may ask you to reboot before the first use. Please do this! Once the system is rebooted, start Ad-Aware.
It should update automatically, and this can take quite a while the first time. Just wait. If it doesn’t update automatically, do it manually by clicking the update-button.
Once Ad-Aware has finished updating, it might magically disappear.. It’ll be in your taskbar!

•Click on the Systemscan button. Wait until it is finished.


•Once it is finished, make sure you select everything and Quarantine/Delete it.[/li

•Close Ad-Aware once everything is completed.



3.

•Download Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/nl/mirrors/index.html - and install it.


•During the installation, uncheck "Use Internet Explorer protection (SDHelper)" and "Use system settings Protection (TeaTimer)"


•After the installation, boot Spybot S & D. Search for updates first, and download them all.


•Click on the Immunize tab afterwards, followed by clicking the Immunize button.
Wait until the operation has been completed.

•Then go to the Search and Destroy tab. Click on Check All after that and wait until things are done.

•Select all problems found, and repair the problems.
Close Spybot afterwards.


4.

•Download MBAM (MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware) http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html - and install it. Make sure that at the end of the installation, Update MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware and Start MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware is checked.


•Select Full Scan and start scanning. When it is done, select everything and delete the found objects.



5. Do a full system scan with your virusscanner and remove all found infections.
If you do not have a virusscanner – GET ONE ASAP!!-

Remove all infections found.

6. Restart your computer.

Enjoy

Also, please note that doing this is NOT A GUARANTEE that your computer is not infected. There is no scanner that has a 100% detection rate.

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Credits:
Magekid\logically (on another forum), for writing most of this.