Let's beat the Virus!

Second post coming right up!

I'd just like to thank everybody for the interest in this blog and knowledge i have to share..

It's great really.

Free stamp of approval for you! :)

Now i hear ya all saying: OK NEMANJA WE'RE NOT HERE FOR  THAT,MOVE ON BRO!

So... moving on!

The topic i'll be talking about today is i think pretty interesting.

Viruses!

Oh my god we're gonna die,no Internet!!

Now,common knowledge is that you should just install AV(Anti-Virus) and hope for best it protects you whole time.

And while that's good for people only sparingly using the PC,it's not always good for us experienced users,right my friends? Damn yeah!

So,sit back,relax and let me tell you a story that happened to me and how i succeeded in beating a little(actually it was a hell of a mess!) virus on my PC that had no Anti Virus at the time(actually it did, AV failed,but not to be critical i guess..).

God damn it,how the hell did Nemanja do it! >://

Let's start,shall we? :)

Step 0: Getting Infected!

Now yeah this zeroth step is the easiest and obviously easy to do!

Hell i even used to google search a virus site just so i can get one!! So obviously,all you need to do is go to a malicious site, OR even better downlod a virus yourself. Those ones are nasty.

Come here virus let's be friends!

If you're already infected, good job,step 0 done. Hackers are happy too so far.

Step 1: Realizing what you're dealing with.

The virus i was dealing with was a fake offer from a site that i had to take. Never take any "download" surveys or programs. It mostly won't work and you'll remain without ANY luck!

But lesson learned,just make sure you don't learn it same way i did.

I will NUKE this noob hahha!

I got a fake Anti Virus, which was actually a VIRUS itself... TOUGH LUCK,BRO!

Step 2: Magic of Speed

Now that i realized i was dealing with a severe Virus(it blocked off my internet access and said all my programs were infected,obviously this was not true) i tried things but instead of a clean and fresh install i didn't see much to do.

The program started on startup,it was in boot time and no way to delete it without it starting up.

So i ACCIDENTALY opened task manager to see processes contained in it.

BINGO!

I love Task Manager, so cute!

I found a virus process in the task manager.

Explorer.exe is NOT a virus, do NOT delete it(or experiment if you will,image was just an example.)

Step 3: Being FAST!

In this last step,all you have to do is restart your PC,and as SOON as it starts up, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete(shortcut to open task manager) and look up for the malicious virus in task manager.

Over Dramatization!

Then just delete it from there.

Step 4: Being FIRST!

Now that is done,go to the Start Button and onto Run Textbox.

Type in: msconfig

Heyo MSConfig,long time no see Bro!

This will open up the startup menu for Windows.

All you have to do is go to Startup and remove the "random(fake)virusnamehere".

Uncheck process name and click Apply to end the virus! :)

That's it!! It won't restart on starting the PC up again and you've successfully disabled the virus. It's useless!

Step 5: Celebrate!

Give yourself a tap on back for reading this and using this knowledge for best of your possibilites.

I'm sure it will serve you quite well.

Congratulations!

While this is NO way a replacement for a anti-virus(because it becomes boring doing this each time you get infected),it's a hell of alot easier than just reinstalling the whole OS when you get a nastier virus.

Until next time,take care and stay computing! :)

Nemanja