Malware, the malicious software can put your computer into a pool of troubles. There are many ways that the malware can get to your computer, namely floppy drive, CD drive, pen drive, internet, and a few more. Internet is known to be the most common gateway between your computer and the malware. The trap is very well organized where the user is offered a free scan for any potential virus on the computer. Accepting the offer triggers the trouble. There will be more pop ups coming up, offering you an antivirus software. This antivirus software is nothing but the malware. Sometimes people even pay to get into trouble. In other words, they are made to pay for these masked malware.

Scareware is another term used to refer the malware. Microsoft has reported more than 4.4 million computers that are infected by the malware as of today. Some commonly known malware programs are Personal antivirus, XP antivirus, DriveCleaner, RapidAntiVirus, Antivirus’09, and WiPC antivirus. You should only stay away from such programs.

So how do you get rid of malware? It could be a painful task to get rid of malware from your computer. If you have been unfortunate to install malware on your PC, you may want to read on. There are several options to choose from, and we have discussed all such options below.

Take a back up of your important data, before you choose to do anything at all. Sometimes you may lose your important files when trying to clean up malware from your computer. Back up could be taken on your flash USB drive, Floppy drive (if sufficient), or on a CD drive. Once you have taken a copy of your important files, you are ready to fight the malware.

Installing an anti malware on your infected computer may rarely work for you. Unless the malware is too weak, your anti malware will never be able to clean up the smart malware program. It is advisable to install an anti malware software, well before you fall into trouble. Installing it on an infected computer may rarely solve the issue.

Installing and running an anti malware software in the safe mode could be a better option. In safe mode, your OS will not allow any programs to run automatically. This will allow your anti malware to install properly and then scan and get rid of malware. However, you will have to be lucky enough to not have your OS infected as well; because if your OS is infected, the safe mode might do no good.

Now, we discuss the arguably best means of removing malware. Disconnect your infected hard disk from your computer and reconnect it to another computer as data (not primary). The computer you connect to must already have a good anti malware installed. This will allow the anti malware to effectively remove the malware. You may want to repeat the process with many computers installed with different anti malware software. This is a time taking job, but worth the effort.

In case it does not harm you, formatting the hard disk is the finest option. The format option will clean up anything and everything on the hard disk. You can then install a fresh copy of OS on your system.

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