Virus removal

H0B0LISH3S · June 25, 2019

Hey guys,

Just want to know what everyone does for a standard virus removal. I'm not talking about removing a single virus, more like removing adware and malware that most computers gather from "standard" use. My normal process is; remove malicious programs, run adwcleaner, malwarebytes, superantispyware, rougekiller, reset browsers and reg clean. Hopefully you guys can help me extend on this to ensure full removal with no remnants left behind. tia

Edit - It's not me constantly getting viruses, a large part of my job is removing viruses for my clients.

Edited June 25, 2019 by H0B0LISH3S

Skiiwee29 · June 25, 2019

If you're getting virsues, Adware, malware from standard browsing usage.. then you're doing something wrong and need to change your habits or get better system security installed.

H0B0LISH3S · June 25, 2019

It's not me getting viruses, sorry i should i said in post. A large part of my job is virus removals. I'm hoping people can extended on what i do for my clients.

SenKa · June 25, 2019

That would depend on the virus type, really. I have spent several days worth of time chasing down a stubborn bugger that would keep reinstalling itself if a single infected file wasn't cleaned, and others will disappear relatively easily. I also haven't done a virus removal in quite some time now, I personally spend time with all my customers (if they care to listen, most do) to make sure they never need virus removal.

I will say, one thing you missed in your routine (or atleast your post) is completely disconnecting the PC from all internet sources and only transferring data to the infected PC via cheap, disposable media (Amazon sells a pack of 1GB flash drives for next to nothing, I love them for this reason). If an infected PC is connected to the outside world at all, it poses a risk to every other device on the network.

Kaspersky also works very good, even the free version. Malwarebytes is probably my favorite. I will always run SystemNinja on all systems I work on if the owner approves. It is simply a nice thing to do and will speed up any PC if the owner neglects to clean out the OS themselves.

H0B0LISH3S · June 25, 2019

5 minutes ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

That would depend on the virus type, really. I have spent several days worth of time chasing down a stubborn bugger that would keep reinstalling itself if a single infected file wasn't cleaned, and others will disappear relatively easily. I also haven't done a virus removal in quite some time now, I personally spend time with all my customers (if they care to listen, most do) to make sure they never need virus removal.

I will say, one thing you missed in your routine (or atleast your post) is completely disconnecting the PC from all internet sources and only transferring data to the infected PC via cheap, disposable media (Amazon sells a pack of 1GB flash drives for next to nothing, I love them for this reason). If an infected PC is connected to the outside world at all, it poses a risk to every other device on the network.

Kaspersky also works very good, even the free version. Malwarebytes is probably my favorite. I will always run SystemNinja on all systems I work on if the owner approves. It is simply a nice thing to do and will speed up any PC if the owner neglects to clean out the OS themselves.

Awesome thanks,
For large virus infections or ones like the encryption virus i would definitely disconnect from the network to ensure no spread, I could definitely be more careful with my USB so thanks for that advice.
System Ninja is one i have not heard of before. Is it much different to Ccleaner? (i use Ccleaner on just about every computer for removing junk files and fixing registry issues for optimizing performance.)

Lilmilez1205 · June 25, 2019

when im given "infected" systems what i do myself is take the drive out and plug it into my external then set my Avast to do a boot scan but set to "removable devices" so when i boot my system it reads the external first and if i need to run windows i use a USB Windows and have my SSD and HDD unplugged, so all it can do is scan the "only drive" there, so far in doing that ive got in a guess a 8/10 on that, i do have a second USB but with Malwarebytes and it seems to kill whatever is on the "infected" device, even fixed a andriod SD card once, how a virus got on that i dont know but i do know it "killed it", but as said that what i do, everyone is different.

p.s ccleaner is the best (Y) free and simple