How to Remove Malware or Viruses from a Windows PC?

Remove Malware from Your PC

Malware is software designed to damage or corrupt computers, networks or a server PC. Once it gets executed on a targeted computer, Malware does have the capability to damage a computer. You must now be thinking about how to remove malware from a PC?

What are the symptoms of a malware infected PC?

Have you ever been into the problem when your Windows computer suddenly started running slow?

This is the very common and first sign that your Windows computer could have been infected by any spyware or malware virus infection.

Here is the list below which can make you think whether your Windows is infected with Malware infection:

• Windows will start acting very slow
• You may start getting unwanted advertisements, popups, and weird messages on screen
• Web-browsers start running slower and sometimes get frozen
• Browser home page gets changed automatically to something else which is unknown to you
• Some of fake software’s may install automatically in your Windows and start doing scans with itself to show you fake results
• Slow PC boot up
• Unwanted PC error starts coming up on screen
• The computer may shut down automatically while working on it.

Above all are the major symptoms or signs of a spyware or malware infected PC.

So, the question is what to do when your Windows PC gets infected with any spyware or malware infection?

Do we run to a local computer repair shop and spend money on it or look for support online?

Hence, the answer from our side is, No

No need to go anywhere, you can fix this on your own by doing some simple troubleshooting.

Check out the steps given below to fix the malware infected PC:

Remove Malware from your Windows

Given troubleshooting will work on Windows Vista, 7, 8.1 including Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC’s.

Once you get to know that your computer is infected. The very first thing that needs to do is to disconnect internet from the computer.

Then, follow the further steps to remove malware:

Step 1. Boot your PC in Safe Mode

If using Windows Vista or Windows 7, click here to know the processor to boot in Safe Mode.
If running a Windows 8.1 or 10 OS, click here to know the steps to boot in Safe Mode.

Step 2. Run Malwarebytes Scan

Malwarebytes Anti-malware is a very useful malware scanner that will help you to identify trojans, worms, spyware, rootkits, etc and give you the option to remove them from your Windows PC.

However, it should be a registered version.

Though, you can’t find licensed version without spending a small amount on it, but hereby we will be providing you with a licensed version of Malwarebytes for free.

Click here to download the registered version of Malwarebytes.

Once you complete the above steps then we need to reboot your computer in normal mode.

To do that, simply go to the Start menu and select the option to restart.

Once your PC boots up on normal mode, follow further steps below:

Further Steps to Fix Malware Infected PC

Step 3. Run System Disk Cleanup

Your Windows device may have a bunch of junk, temporary files, unknown downloaded items, etc.

Disk cleanup is a Windows built-in utility by which you can easily remove all of them with a single click.

By using disk cleanup, it will create a lot of free space on your hard drive which is occupied by unknown resources.

Go to the Windows Start menu, type disk cleanup on the Windows Search bar. You will see the results, click and open Disk Cleanup.

It will come up with Drive C (Windows installation directory) by default. Just click OK to start the Windows disk cleanup.

Step 4. Remove Unknown Browser Extension

Whenever any virus affects any Windows PC, it will modify browser’s home page and add some unknown extensions or add-ons to your browser.

These extensions run in the background whenever you go online. This may slow down your browsing and can result in unwanted activities.

Recommend to remove unknown extensions.

• Firefox: Open Firefox, go to Menu and select Add-ons or alternatively, press Ctrl + Shift + A to open the browser’s add-on.
• Chrome: Open Chrome. Go to Menu -> More Tools -> Extensions
• Edge & Internet Explorer: Go to Menu/Settings (Gear icon) -> select Manage Add-ons or Extensions

Step 5. Uninstall Unknown Programs

Finally, you have to go to the Control Panel and uninstall the program that you find unknown (recent date installation).

To do that, open the Run dialog box by using hotkeys Win + R and type, appwiz.cpl then, click OK.

Now you will a list of all installed programs.

Find those that are unknown to you and uninstall them.

Finally, restart the computer.

Now check, hopefully, all the viruses and malwares have been removed and Windows is running smoothly.

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