How do I remove Viruses from my computer?

If you’re unfortunate enough to have been hit by a virus I understand the frustration you must feel. There are several reasons that this could have occurred:

• You don’t have antivirus software
• You are currently using old software e.g. Norton antivirus 2008 or similarly named varieties
• Your current antivirus software is up to date but isn’t effective in preventing and removing viruses

Whatever the case, something needs to be fixed and quickly before there is more damage to your system and more importantly loss of precious information contained in it. A standard solution is to surf the net and search for solutions to fix the virus. This is Ok for someone who is technically very competent and is comfortable playing with Windows registry files or equivalent but for the rest of us this is definitely not the best path to take as it can cause more damage than good.

Use antivirus software like Nortons to remove the virus

Typically it take can many hours to even attempt to remove of virus. This is time badly spent as the results are uncertain and could potentially make things worse. Best to pay a reasonable amount of money for a piece of software which can not only find and remove the virus that’s causing you issues but also prevent it from happening again. Software packages like Norton Antivirus 2009 and Norton 360 are designed to be used by every day people and provide a market leading level of protection. Sometimes you can find a removal tool but it doesn’t address the core issue which is having the protection mechanisms in place to prevent it from happening again. That’s where antivirus software is the most robust solution to this.