Malware or malicious software as it is commonly known, is a computer program built intentionally to inflict damage to other computer programs without the owner being aware of it. Malware is sometimes mistaken for “defective software”, which isn’t true. These programs are used by individuals to perform illegal activities like data theft, log-in credentials theft by capturing usernames and passwords, credit card and other financial information and much more.. Computers with weak security can be potential hosts to such infectious programs. More on malwares here – Malware Wiki
Where does malware reside and where do they generally come from?
- Typically stored in Temporary Internet Files or the Temp folder
- Porn sites
- packaged with other free/trial softwares
- torrent downloads
- Mail attachments
lots more…
Malware Remover tools and techniques:
- Microsoft has come up with their own malware detection and the malware remover tool available for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 OS platforms. There are two options available for their malware remover tool. You can either download the malware remover tool to your desktop and run a scan from there or use their online scanning version – Windows Live Safety scanner. These are up-to-date free malware remover tools that can be used provided, you are running genuine windows OS.
- One of the widely used malware remover – Spybot Search & Destroy has been around since early 2000 and has been rated among one of the best malware remover tool. Read more about Spybot here. This is the most widely accepted and used free malware remover tool and has been ranked highest on 2-spyware.com, a malware remover tool review site. Spybot is quick, efficient and easy to use. It also provides recovery option to basically undo some changes.
Download : Spybot Search and Destroy malware remover
Do read this exhaustive page Malware Remover to get more indepth understanding of malware remover techniques. Make this a part of your regular computer maintenance checklist!
