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About Lorry
Expertise
I can answer most questions regarding viruses/Trojans and help to remove them.

Experience
This happens to be of interest to me as it boggles my mind that people have nothing better to do than to write a virus. Wish these people, the ones who write viruses would put the knowledge to good use instead. My job as a local tech involves removing viruses and/or spyware.

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Computer Security & Viruses - Virus Issue

Expert: Lorry - 9/14/2008

Question
I recently bought a used pc. And one day I installed something on my pc. 2 mintues later, I have a virus and I dont know what to do. Will running the Disk Cleanup under system tools remove the virus.

Answer
Hi Julian,

Running Disk Cleanup will not remove the virus, wish t was that easy. Using Internet Explorer, go to:

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

Click the GO button, then under Virus Detection, click Start. You might be told that you need to download and install ActiveX Controls for the scan to work, answer Yes.

Write down exactly anything it finds, then go to: http://www.symantec.com/search/ and do a search for what was found. Symantec usually has a removal tool and/or directions for removing manually. Make sure that you follow the instructions for removal, step by step, especially the part regarding disabling System Restore.

Hope this helps!
Lorry

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