Help! I Still Have Malware - More How-To Steps to Manually Remove Stubborn Malware Threats

If you've followed the steps laid out in the Free Malware Removal Guide - Five Steps To Manually Remove Malware and Spyware article, you ought to be well on the manner to removing the malware threat on your computer.

This guide will take you through the checklist that you will need to complete to make sure that your system is
malware free.

1. Checking For Unholy Offspring

As mentioned in the first part of the guide, some malware threats are protected by sophisticated rootkits that can reload the malware onto your computer as part of a embark on up script. These scripts are the same things that launch your firewall, modem, messenger application and whatever else you set automatically whenever you embark on the computer. In this case, even so, it's in reality the threat that is relaunched - which is definitely not what you want.

To kill these startup processes, launch your computer in Safe mode.

1.1 Reboot your computer and press F8 at the startup screen. This will bring up a screen that will allow you to enter the BIOS and choose your boot preferences.

1.2 Use the arrow keys to choose 'Safe Mode'. This will load Windows in a restricted profile.

1.3 Scan your computer for malware. Use your anti-malware tool that you downloaded from teh Malware Threat HQ site in the first part of the removal guide. You ought to find that all malware threats have been eliminated. Reboot your system in normal mode and ensure that you read Seven Bullet Proof Tips to Avoid Being Infected by Malware article in this series if this is the case.

2. nonetheless Having Problems? Call in the Exorcist.

do not be overly surprised if you are having difficulty removing the malware threat from your computer. As soon as a security hole is plugged by anti-malware and internet security developers, malware developers identify ten new ways of skirting around the defenses.

If you are having difficulty removing a malware file, you are able to use among a lot of free file deletion tools to try and stop the process and remove the malware file.

2.1 Launch the file deletion tool

2.2. Enter the full file location of the malware threat (use the scan results from step one)

2.3. make sure that Standard File Kill radio button is selected.

3. Click the Delete File button.

3. When The Pope Himself Couldn't Save Your PC

If you've followed these steps, you ought to have deleted the files associated with the malware and recovered from the threat. There are going to be situations, even so, where the threat is impervious to your attempts to delete it from your system. There are other trojans and rootkits that can replace a threat once it's been removed and even introduce new malware threats onto your computer every time you reboot like adware, spyware and keyloggers. In short, occasionally you need to bite the bullet and pay for the removal of the malware.

Remember that a reputable anti-malware tool won't only remove the existing threat from your computer, but also protect you from further infection.