Malware Removal Could Be the Toughest Computer Repair Job

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Malware Removal Could Be the Toughest Computer
Repair Job
Computer owners are often shocked at the price of
computer repair services to clean up a virus or
other malware. Are you in those shoes? What you
may not understand is how difficult this process
can be compared to many other computer
services. Ask most computer technicians and
network engineers what they dread more, a
computer virus or a hardware failure. Most of
them will tell you the computer virus. When you
have a hardware failure the options for repair
are usually straight forward. You diagnose the
parts which have failed. You get the replacement
parts. You install them and correct any software
or data issues which resulted from the failure.
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The Most Unpredictable Type of Repair With a
computer virus you are usually looking at unknown
factors. Is it a single virus? Are there other
malware programs involved? Has data been lost or
compromised? Will the system require a clean
reload of the operating system, applications and
data? Is the data safe to restore, or is it
infected with the virus? When facing a computer
repair job involving a virus a simple scan and
clean offered by most antivirus programs is often
not enough. Malware programmers have reached a
level of expertise where they can often hide
their code and disable functionality of antivirus
programs. If your computer is infected with a
virus, especially a business PC, it is critical
you allow someone with expertise review the
system. Use Multiple Detection Methods You
will discover most skilled computer repair
specialists and network engineers will not scan a
system with a single program, but will choose to
use several programs. Most times they will
select a program they can run from a bootable CD
to avoid the virus activating and blocking their
tests. The time it takes to properly scan,
remove, and restore a system can take hours of
labor time. This does not include the additional
hours of time the PC will sit on the service
bench as it deep scans for the virus or
malware. You may believe you are safe from this
problem since you have recent backups, but are
you? To be secure your backup would need to be
from a time before the virus infection occurred.
The data should be scanned as it is restored to
make sure you do not restore the virus onto the
system, even if you did a clean system reload.
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Avoid Trouble Before it Strikes There are a few
things you can do to reduce your risk and be
prepared for fast computer repair if it does
happen. This includes Keep your antivirus
program up to date. Use only high quality AV
programs. Backup data regularly. Scan your PC for
malware on a regular basis. (Weekly is
recommended.) Do not download programs from
untrusted sources. Do not click links in emails,
instant messages, and other forms of
communication that you were not expecting to
receive. If you become infected with malware or a
virus, contact a qualified computer repair
company to help you recover quickly. You will
quickly discover the cost is very low compared to
the expensive cost of lost work time you would
face otherwise.