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How to Use the BitDefender Rescue CD to Clean Your Infected PC

When you’ve got a PC completely infected with viruses, sometimes it’s best to reboot into a rescue disc and run a full virus scan from there. Here’s how to use the BitDefender Rescue CD to clean an infected PC….

Lowell Heddings Feb 2nd, 2017

Enjoy Safer Web Browsing with WOT

Need a quick and easy way to tell if a website is bad news for you to visit? With a quick installation, WOT (Web of Trust) provides security and peace of mind while browsing the Internet.

Akemi Iwaya Nov 8th, 2016

Online Security: Breaking Down the Anatomy of a Phishing Email

Don’t think that it’s just your banking details that are important: after all, if someone gains control over your account login they not only know the information contained in that account, but the odds are that same login in…

Jason Faulkner Apr 13th, 2011

Here’s a Super Simple Trick to Defeating Fake Anti-Virus Malware

You might be wondering why we have a screenshot of what appears to be AVG Anti-Virus, but is in fact a fake anti-virus malware that holds your computer hostage until you pay them. Here’s a really simple tip to defeating these…

Lowell Heddings Feb 10th, 2011

How to Combine Rescue Disks to Create the Ultimate Windows Repair Disk

We’ve covered loads of different anti-virus, Linux, and other boot disks that help you repair or recover your system, but why limit yourself to just one? Here’s how to combine your favorite repair disks together to create the…

Lowell Heddings Jan 5th, 2011

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Kills Viruses Dead. Download It Now.

Microsoft’s Security Essentials has been our favorite anti-malware application for a while—it’s free, unobtrusive, and it doesn’t slow your PC down, but now it’s even better with the new 2.0 release, which adds netw…

Lowell Heddings Dec 18th, 2010

How to Use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean Your Infected PC

When you’re dealing with a PC that is completely infected in viruses, sometimes the best thing to do is reboot into a rescue disk and run a full virus scan from there. Here’s how to use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to clean an i…

Lowell Heddings Nov 26th, 2010

Antivirus Slowing Your PC Down? Maybe You Should Use Exclusions

Protecting your computer with an antivirus solution is par for the course when you’re dealing with a Windows PC, but unfortunately it slows you down at the same time. Here’s how to improve your performance, at least a lit…

Lowell Heddings Nov 15th, 2010

Make Sure Microsoft Security Essentials Has Updated Definition Files

If you’re a new user of Microsoft Security Essentials, you might be unclear on how to update definition files manually or automatically. Here we’ll show you a few methods you can use to make sure MSE is always up to date….

Brian Burgess Jul 26th, 2010

Screenshot Tour: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta

The new beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials was launched yesterday to a limited amount of users. Here we’ll take a look at what you expect from the new version of How-To Geek’s favorite PC security application….

Brian Burgess Jul 21st, 2010

Beginner Geek: Scan Files for Viruses Before Using Them

To help avoid getting your computer infected by malicious software, it’s a good idea to scan files before executing them. Today we take a look at a couple of options that will let you scan files easily from your desktop….

Brian Burgess Jun 7th, 2010

Scan a Windows PC for Viruses from a Ubuntu Live CD

Getting a virus is bad. Getting a virus that causes your computer to crash when you reboot is even worse. We’ll show you how to clean viruses from your computer even if you can’t boot into Windows by using a virus scanner in …

Trevor Bekolay Apr 6th, 2010

Use Autoruns to Manually Clean an Infected PC

There are many anti-malware programs out there that will clean your system of nasties, but what happens if you’re not able to use such a program? Autoruns, from SysInternals (recently acquired by Microsoft), is indispen…

Mark Virtue Mar 15th, 2010

How To Install the New Digsby Without Getting Crapware

Once again, there’s a major new version of Digsby, the multi-protocol instant messenger client that works pretty well… if you can deal with some of their unethical past. Last year, we told you to be careful not to install j…

Lowell Heddings Feb 18th, 2010

How To Get Rid of the wmpscfgs.exe Virus, a Reader Contributed Guide

How-To Geek reader Kan wrote in with a full guide to getting rid of the nasty wmpscfgs.exe virus, and we figured we should just share it with everybody, just in case anybody else comes across the same problem in the future….

Lowell Heddings Jan 31st, 2010

How To Remove Security Tool and other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

If you have a PC infected with Security Tool, you’re probably reading this article so you can understand how to get rid of it. Thankfully we’ve got the instructions to help you get rid of this virus.

Lowell Heddings Jan 26th, 2010

How To Remove Internet Security 2010 and other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

If you have a PC infected with Internet Security 2010, you’re probably reading this article so you can understand how to get rid of it. Thankfully we’ve got the instructions to help you get rid of this awful thing….

Lowell Heddings Jan 25th, 2010

How To Remove Advanced Virus Remover and Other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

If you have a PC infected with Advanced Virus Remover, you’ll probably find that this is a tough one to get rid of. Thankfully we’ve got the instructions to help you defeat this terrible virus.

Lowell Heddings Jan 20th, 2010

SUPERAntiSpyware Portable is the Must-Have Spyware Removal Tool You Need

If you’ve got a PC infected with malware, spyware, or rogue/fake antivirus applications, the best tool for removing them is the free SUPERAntiSpyware Portable edition. Here at How-To Geek HQ, this is the tool we use to clean …

Lowell Heddings Jan 19th, 2010

How To Remove Antivirus Live and Other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

If you’ve got a PC infected by the Antivirus Live virus, you’ve got a tough job ahead of you to remove it. And we’ve got the instructions to help.

Lowell Heddings Jan 5th, 2010

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Free Antivirus Utility

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free utility that provides real-time protection to identify and eliminate harmful viruses and other malware from your PC. Today we’ll take a look at how it performs and the protection it has…

Brian Burgess Sep 30th, 2009

ThreatFire Provides Protection Against Malware and Zero-Day Attacks

A necessary security practice is having Antivirus and other Malware protection utilities installed on your Windows computer, but they need constant updating to be effective against the newest threats. Today we take a lo…

Brian Burgess Sep 1st, 2009

Remove Stubborn Malware with SuperAntiSpyware

During our series about how much of a problem Malware can be, we took a look at three of the top utilities that can eliminate it. However, we would be remiss if we didn’t cover another top trusted choice out there calle…

Brian Burgess Aug 10th, 2009

Remove Malware from an Infected System with Ad-Aware 2009

Earlier this week, we showed you just how much of a problem spyware really is, then we showed you how to clean it up with Spybot—and in today’s lesson we’ll show you how you could have cleaned up the mess with Ad-Aware 2009…

Akemi Iwaya Aug 5th, 2009

Exterminate Malware Efficiently with Spybot Search & Destroy

First we showed you how easily your computer can become infected with spyware, crapware, and other unwanted software—and today we’ll show you how to clean your system with Spybot Search & Destroy….

Akemi Iwaya Aug 4th, 2009

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Viruses & Spyware

How to Use the BitDefender Rescue CD to Clean Your Infected PC

Enjoy Safer Web Browsing with WOT

Online Security: Breaking Down the Anatomy of a Phishing Email

Here’s a Super Simple Trick to Defeating Fake Anti-Virus Malware

How to Combine Rescue Disks to Create the Ultimate Windows Repair Disk

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Kills Viruses Dead. Download It Now.

How to Use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean Your Infected PC

Antivirus Slowing Your PC Down? Maybe You Should Use Exclusions

Make Sure Microsoft Security Essentials Has Updated Definition Files

Screenshot Tour: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta

Beginner Geek: Scan Files for Viruses Before Using Them

Scan a Windows PC for Viruses from a Ubuntu Live CD

Use Autoruns to Manually Clean an Infected PC

How To Install the New Digsby Without Getting Crapware

How To Get Rid of the wmpscfgs.exe Virus, a Reader Contributed Guide

How To Remove Security Tool and other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

How To Remove Internet Security 2010 and other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

How To Remove Advanced Virus Remover and Other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

SUPERAntiSpyware Portable is the Must-Have Spyware Removal Tool You Need

How To Remove Antivirus Live and Other Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Free Antivirus Utility

ThreatFire Provides Protection Against Malware and Zero-Day Attacks

Remove Stubborn Malware with SuperAntiSpyware

Remove Malware from an Infected System with Ad-Aware 2009

Exterminate Malware Efficiently with Spybot Search & Destroy

Complete Guidesby How-To Geek

Our Latest Product Roundups

Reader Favorites

More from How-To Geek

Latest Geek News

Reader Favorites

More from How-To Geek

Latest Reviews

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by How-To Geek