Malware Removal Guide

Our computers are a vital importance to all of us, and the one thing that we don't want is malware. Now the issue is that most computers are infected by some type of malware, and they might not even know it. The one thing that we don't want to do is trash a computer because it is infected with malware, and the sad thing is, is that seems to be the option that most people seem to take if they can't remove the malware. Now I want to tell you that this is not necessary and that I can give you free tools that will remove the malware and fix that machine to save you money. Now it can take some time to remove the malware but you must ask yourself is the computer worth it or would you rather waste the money. You remove the malware you save the computer. You want to buy a new one but since you removed that malware you can sell that old machine or pass it down to your child. Let's begin!

Diagnosis Of Your Issue
When you have an infection you want to first figure out how bad it is. So look at it like this what can you do with the malware on the computer.
1. Does the computer start.
2. Can you start the computer AND connect to the internet.
3. Does my browser send me to another site.
4. Does everything work, but there seems to be a slow down.

Removal
So let's say that your computer does not start up, and you know that this is the work of some sort of malware. You will want to use a scanner that scans the hard drive before windows even starts up. Now lucky for us there is a couple of tools that allow us to do that and the best part is that they are all free.

So You Will Want To Use These Scanners
1. Kaspersky Rescue Disk http://support.kaspersky.com/4162
2. AVG Rescue CD http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
Now for you to use these scanners you will need to have a USB drive nearby so that you can download these programs to the USB and run them.

So You Can Connect To The Internet/Slowdown
So if you can connect to the internet then simply download the malware scanners below and run them.

1. HitmanPro: http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/
2. Panda Active Scan: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
3. Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ 
4. Super AntiSpyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
5. Bitdefender Quick Scan: http://quickscan.bitdefender.com/
6. Norton Power Eraser: http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx

You Can Get On But No Internet

This is the one were you are given he most options. You may either use the scanners from the first section or you may use any of the secondary scanners in  a strange way. You can download the .exe for Malwarebytes and then run the installer but change the download location to your USB. You would then launch the program and download the updates. Now go to the infected computer and you can run this from the disk or you can copy all of the files from Malwarebytes and move it to the infected machine. Since Malwarebytes use chameleon technology they will launch regardless of the malware. HOPEFULLY there are certain types of malware that are meant to block this from happening but chances are that you did not get that.

As always feel free to ask any questions in the comments below and I will gladly help.