Do you want to quickly and safely remove stubborn viruses from your PC?
Do you want to quickly and safely remove stubborn viruses from your PC without causing major damage to your PC/laptop or network?
Then this tip will help you! Safely and definitively removing viruses is not always easy. An important rule right at the beginning is: Disconnect all network connections. This is the only way to ensure that the virus does not spread.
Also recommended: Deactivate your Wi-Fi, unplug the LAN cable, or turn off your router. This way, you ensure that the virus does not download more malware from the internet and become even more powerful.
Caution: Never try to remove a virus or infected files using "Delete File." If you don't know exactly what you're doing, the damage you cause may outweigh the benefit...
The internet won't help you
If you consider these rules, one disadvantage is clearly obvious: In this situation, you cannot download antivirus software from the internet. You also won't have access to help, online tools, or step-by-step instructions – as you usually find via Google – in this situation. And you'll have to search for professional help through the phone book, not your search engine. But that will certainly be expensive.
Affordable solution: Use the Rescue Stick and access the infected PC "from the outside."
Ideally, you or an acquaintance will have our Rescue Stick in your desk or PC drawer. The bootable USB stick or bootable rescue DVD starts its own Linux-based operating system. Once started, a number of repair and rescue tools are available to you, including a virus scanner based on Avira technology.
The good thing about external access is that the partition containing the operating system is write-protected. Therefore, the virus cannot harm the rescue data carrier. However, with the help of the virus scan, you can easily locate the virus and, depending on the type of virus, either remove it or move it to quarantine. In any case, you render it harmless.
The danger posed by viruses can thus be prevented or averted.
