How to remove an obstinate virus from your computer

One of the biggest issues and security threats in any computer is the computer virus, spyware, Trojan or any other malware program. They can cause many issues such as a slow PC, freezing, windows registry problems and many more. These malicious programs are designed to harm your computer in many ways. On the basis of their functioning and damage area the viruses or malware are divided into many categories. For an instance a malicious program which steals private and sensitive information from your computer is called spyware instead of a Virus.

Similarly a malicious program can be of diffident kinds and due to this reason the virus removal tools are also separately available online. So it could be possible that if you have bought an antivirus program thinking about to remove a spyware and it didn’t remove it. Thus don’t be surprised by it.

There are many occasions where your antivirus software is not able to eliminate all kinds of viruses from your computer and you might need to remove it manually. Though it is not easy for a normal user to kill a virus manually however it can be done if you follow few below points carefully.

If your security software is up to date it often removes all viruses from your system but if not you need to take the driving seat and need to remove it.

For removing any virus or malware before anything else try to verify the name of the virus/malware. If the name is known it makes your task very easy and the virus can be identified.

Use the task manager

If you know the name of the virus you can locate the corresponding process of it. Kill the process from the task manager first of all.

Use Windows search

I have personally searched many such viruses which were causing many issues such as slow PC, computer freezing and many more. Use the Windows search if the name of the virus is known and remove it completely from the folder.

Use Windows registry

Using Windows registry to remove the entry from it is very difficult and involves many risks in it. If you delete any incorrect value it may create more issues and registry problems in your whole computer. However if you are sure about the virus you can use CTRL+F option to find the desirable value and can remove it from the registry.

It is also possible that the virus has blocked your registry editor or task manager options so that you cannot use them to remove it. In this case in most of the PCs you can use windows group policy.

It can be reached by

Open the Start menu, and type gpedit.msc in the search line and press Enter. (See screenshot below)

NOTE: This file is located at C:\Windows\System32\gpedit.msc.

Here you can enable or disable all Windows in built features and functions. This is the important place and a virus may also attack this component.

Usually these are the most appropriate ways to remove a virus from your computer if still you are not able to fix it you might need an expert help or you may also need to reinstall the Windows.

How to fix registry errors

The Windows registry is the most crucial and critical database in all modern Windows systems. It helps to store the configuration settings and options of all the installed software and attached hardware component of the computer. If a small modification takes place in any value of the related component that particular software or hardware may start malfunctioning or can stop working as well. Thus the importance of this windows registry is really high and it needs to be protected all the time.

A Windows registry can be affected by various means; some of the major factors are as follows:

1. When you install/uninstall any application from your computer the registry gets affected- when you uninstall any application from your computer some of the remnants remain in the registry that gradually accumulate and eventually create a huge data of garbage and unwanted registry leftovers. These leftovers create many systems and performance related issues and affect your system’s overall performance and efficiency to a great extent.

2. A computer virus/spyware/ malware can affect or modify your Windows registry - A computer virus/ spyware and various other dangerous malicious programs are capable to modify the windows registry and which affect the system performance. An effective and reliable security program can help you to prevent any malicious program attack such as a firewall and antivirus software.

3. An ineffective or bad Windows registry cleaner program can also cause registry related issues instead of repairing and cleansing it. Windows registry errors not only causes by a virus or when you uninstall any software program but if you are using an unsafe registry repair tool, it can also affect or modify some essential registry values which will create rather more issues instead of making it better. So beware of any such registry program.

These are the most important reasons of all registry errors. However there could be more possible causes or aspects that can affect or corrupt the Windows registry.

Now it is important to know how to fix the windows registry errors, since the registry is very critical, important and susceptible towards all kinds of attacks and modifications so it is very important to repair the registry very carefully so that we can protect the registry and can repair all the damaged entries and values of the system.

Modifying the registry manually is never recommended because it involves lot of risks in it and if you make a small incorrect modification it can affect the whole system’s functionality and performance and create more system and registry problems.

Now we have left an option of using a good and reliable registry repair tool which can repair this registry carefully and remove the bad and unwanted registry values.

There are many windows registry cleaner or windows registry repair tools available online that claim to be the best, however not all of them are very effective and some of them are indeed useless and can create more registry errors than solving the problem.

One of the best ways is to use a trial edition of a registry cleaner tool and then make your opinion about the particular software application. All the major software vendors offer their 30 days trial period offer so that if you are not satisfied with the performance and outcome of the program you can leave or remove the software.

I hope by this way you can choose the best for your system and can get an experience about any software program.