How to Remove Virus from Computer Manually(3 methods)

This method we will discuss some ways, by using them you can make your computer virus free and also your computer will run faster and perform better. So have a look on these methods below.

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How to Remove Virus from Computer Manually

#1 Remove Computer Viruses, Using Command Prompt

Step 1. First, of all click on Start and type cmd. Now right click on a cmd icon and select run as administrator. Now command prompt window will open, now select your drive which you want to remove a virus.

Step 2. Let the drive be D. So now type “dir D: attrib -s -h /s /d *.*” Now type  then press enter.

Note: Capital D is the considered as the drive to be checked you can change the drive according to your needs.

Step 3. Now the command prompt will explore your selected drive and will load all the files on your drive.

Step 4. Now if you notice and unusual file.exe and any of autorun.inf then rename it with the command (rename filename.extension new filename)

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#2 Disabling Suspicious Services In Task Manager

Step 1. First of all open task manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE and end all suspicious services under services section.

Step 2. Now from new task start MSConfig.

Step 3. Now in MSConfig box go to the service tab and then uncheck any suspicious or unwanted service that you can guess by thinking that did you have installed something related to that service or not.

Step 4. Now You need to head over the next tab “Startup” Look over any suspicious or unwanted files and under command section, you will find the path of the suspected file

Now open the command prompt and go to that location of the suspect file and change the attribute of the file as discussed in the first method with the help of CMD. And then simply delete the file from there.

#3 Using Online Scanner To Scan Your Files

VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the uick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.

Step 1. Go to www.virustotal.com from your favorite browser

Step 2. Now you need to scan the suspected files  on Virustotal. (Max size is 128MB)

Step 3. In Virustotal, you can scan particular URL or even the whole site. For that, you just need to enter your suspected URL under “URL” in virustotal.  After you have selected the files or URL now you have to hit the “Scan it” button.

Also read: How To Check Whether Your Antivirus Working Perfectly Or Not

This method is very cool and efficient and doesn’t require any software just only a simple utility program of your system. Hope you like this article(How to Remove Virus from Computer Manually) . Don’t forget to share it with your friends. Leave a comment if you have any related queries with this.