Simple Steps To Remove Hidden Virus From Computer

The symptoms that show the presence of viruses on your computer are your computer’s slower-than-usual performance, frequent, irrelevant pop-ups, and other anomalous functions. Here are the steps to remove hidden virus from computer.

Step 1 - Using CMD

Type ‘cmd’ without including the single quotes in the Windows search bar.

Right-click the Command Prompt option and select the Run as an administrator option.

Enter the drive letter of the computer.

Enter the ‘attrib -s-h -r/s/d *.*’ command without the quotes followed by the dir command.

Search for the files or directories named autorun. The extension of the virus-infected files will be .inf.

Once you enter del autorun.inf in the Command window, the viruses will be removed from the computer.

Step 2 - Remove Hidden Virus From Computer Using Antivirus Program

Windows Defender

The Windows 10 computer has an inbuilt antivirus program named Windows Defender. It is better to use the built-in antivirus program instead of third-party antivirus software for protecting the computer from viruses.
Open the Settings screen on the Windows 10 computer.
Select the Update & Security option followed by the Windows Security option.

Select the Virus & Threat Protection option, navigate to the Threat History section, and click the Scan Now button.
The Windows Defender program will scan the computer and then remove the virus automatically.

Third-party Antivirus Program - Avast

After installing Avast Antivirus, launch the main interface of the program on the computer.
Click the Protection tab on the left panel and select the Scan option.
Click the Settings option below the Boot Time Scan section.
Choose the area that you need to scan from the appropriate drop-down menu and click OK.
Click Boot Time Scan -> Install specialized definitions.
Wait until you see the ‘Boot-time scan specialized definitions are installed and ready to use’ message appears on the screen.

Click the Run on Next PC Reboot button and select the Restart option to remove hidden virus from computer.
This scan might take up to a maximum of 2 hours.
Once done, click Protection -> Virus Chest.
The detected threats will be shown on the screen.
Select the checkbox beside the threats and click the Delete button.
If the ‘Permanently delete these files’ message prompts on the screen, select the Delete option.

Step 3 - Removing Temporary Files Manually

Boot the Windows 10 computer in a Safe Mode.
Remove all the temporary files. This will speed up the virus scanning process on the computer.

Run the Disk Cleanup utility. Now we sucessfully remove hidden virus from computer.

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