{"id":1079,"date":"2016-05-31T03:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T03:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2020-09-28T13:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T08:04:16","slug":"purge-your-pc-of-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/computer-safety\/purge-your-pc-of-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Purge your PC of Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, now you have malware on your PC. You are not alone, so you don’t have to worry alone. There are hell-a-lot of different types of malware, and each need its own fix. However, remember that “Prevention is better than cure,” and that holds good for handling malware too. Preventing your Windows PC from getting infected with malware is a much easier proposition than cleansing the PC later. Well, now your PC is infected and you have to cleanse that.<\/p>\n

There are many types of malware \u2013 Trojans, Spyware, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Adware, Hijackers, etc..,<\/p>\n

Identifying symptoms<\/strong>
\nFirst ensure that your PC has got infected. Just slow running of the PC does not mean malware infection. However, you may be infected if:<\/p>\n