Concise Computer Consulting of Clarkston said computer virus repair, the only answer is to remove malicious software: viruses, spyware and pop-ups

Viruses:

Viruses – A virus is a small piece of software that replicates itself. A virus might attach itself to a program such as a spreadsheet program. Each time the spreadsheet program runs, the virus runs too, and it has a chance to reproduce (by attaching to other programs) or disastrous.

e-mail viruses – An e-mail virus moves in an e-mail messages and usually replicates by automatically mailing dozens of people in the victim’s e-mail address book.

Worms – A worm is a small piece of software, computer networks and security holes is used to replicate itself. A copy of the worm scans the network for another machine that has a particular vulnerability. It copies itself to the new machine using the security hole, and then starts replicating from there as well.

Trojan horses – A Trojan horse is simply a computer program. The program claimed that one thing (it may be entitled to a game or a “free” piece of software to be) to do harm but if it (it can delete your hard disk). Trojan horses have no way to replicate automatically. They are called Trojan horses, because they sometimes are disguised as ordinary computer programs.

Spyware:

Spyware is any software defined, the undiscovered user information through the user’s Internet connection without his knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are bundled in the rule as a hidden component of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded from the Internet, but it should be noted that the majority of shareware and freeware applications do not come with spyware. Once installed, the spyware monitors activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else. Spyware can also gather information through e-mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers.

Spyware often causes “pop-up ads on the screen of the user, without the user’s knowledge or consent. These pop-ups and spyware can be quite a headache itself is often slow crawl to a slow computer.

Because spyware exists as independent executable programs, they have the ability to monitor keystrokes, scan files on the hard drive, snoop other applications, such as chat programs or word processors, install other spyware programs, read cookies, change the default home page on the Web browser, consistently sharing this information to the spyware author, either it for advertising / marketing purposes or sell the information to another party. When the home page of your Web browser to change without your knowledge or consent, this is a home-page hijacking called.

Sometimes a computer infected with viruses and spyware so bad that the malicious software without completely formatting the hard drive (delete all files) and remove to reinstall your operating system. Now, if you contact your computer repair store. Ask for the computer virus repair technician. The Tech will offer a data backup solution and write down what programs you had installed, and then a BFR (backup, format, reinstall, restore) on your system. If the virus-and spyware-removal is complete, ask for instructions on how were the programs that are installed to viruses and spyware from compromising your system to prevent future.

This article was prepared and written by Jeff Atto of Concise Computer Consulting, LLC to run, located at 2150 Franklin Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Please contact us for any question about your home computer or laptop. 248-745-8255 My email address is info@concisePC.com and our website is

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