Malicious software is a problem that every user has come across. Literally every day there are more and more new viruses. There are many ways in which you can infect a computer. Unfortunately, not everyone is fully aware of the scale of the threat until they themselves have encountered a problem. The result of getting malware on a PC becomes a disruption in the operation of the main functions of the system, a very strong decrease in performance, and sometimes a complete failure. All this suggests that viruses must be fought and prevented from entering the system. In this article we will look at how to clean your computer or laptop from viruses. Let's figure it out. Go!

How to do it most effectively

If your computer has already been significantly affected by malware, start your PC in safe mode. To get to the corresponding menu, press the F8 key on the keyboard during system startup. After that, you need to manually clean the folder in which malicious files can be stored.

First go to the “Control Panel”, then open the “Folder options” section. In the window that opens, select the "View" tab. Check the box “Show hidden files and folders”.

Mark the necessary items and click OK.

Now go to the system drive (usually drive C) and open the "Windows" directory. It is necessary to find the folder "Temp". Select all the files and sections contained in the "Temp", you can do this by pressing Ctrl + A, since it can take a long time to get familiar with the mouse selection, because there will be a lot of things inside the "Temp". After that, delete all selected objects.

In most cases, almost all files can be safely removed.

Next, open the folder with the name of your user. It is located on the same disk. Then go to the “AppData” directory, and then go to “Local”. There you will find another folder «Temp». Please note that in this case it is impossible to completely clear the section, since it contains important data. Delete all files except those that have the extension ".DAT" and ".ini". Also, do not delete folders.

Do this algorithm for each user account.

Now you need to remove all unnecessary programs and applications (preferably all but the most necessary). To do this, go to the control panel and select "Add or Remove Programs."

This procedure does not end there. Download a utility to remove junk files, for example, CCleaner. Open the program and check the necessary items, which will remove all the "junk" files. After that, run a full cleanup. Be sure to check the “Registry” and “Service” items so that CCleaner does not ignore these sections.

We resort to the help of third-party software

Then clean the registry manually, because the program may skip some areas. To open the system registry, use the key combination Win + R and in the opened window type (without quotes) "regedit". Once in the registry window, click on the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” section and select the “Software” directory there. Delete all folders related to applications that you have already uninstalled. Such a “deep cleaning” will also get rid of viral Chinese programs like Tencent and Baidu. Just in case, start Windows Task Manager. This is done by the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Delete. In the "Processes" tab, look for processes with similar names. They should not be there. But if they are, do all of the above directly for these programs.

All registry manipulations need to be done very carefully.

After all these steps, you must restart the computer. Now you need to use the usual antivirus software. His choice remains to your taste, but be sure to keep in mind that it must be licensed, because downloading a pirated antivirus, you put the system at risk of infection. There is a large number of free antivirus tools that are no worse than paid counterparts. You should pay attention to such products:

• Avast;
• AVG Antivirus;
• 360 Total Security.

Today, a lot of good antivirus

Download this software is recommended directly from the official sites. After installation, run a full system scan. It may take a lot of time, but getting rid of viruses is worth it. After the scan is complete, remove with the help of antivirus dangerous and potentially dangerous files.

Doing all the above procedures, you completely clean the Windows of viruses and be able to fully use the computer again. Write in the comments if the article helped you solve the problems with the system and share your experience in dealing with virus software with other users.