Malwarebytes: How to Remove Malware from Your Computer for Free!
See below for link to download Malwarebytes anti-malware software for free... |
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If your computer is running slowly, it may simply be slowed down by extra plug-ins, toolbars, and other unneeded software and files that have been installed. You can download SlimCleaner for free to clean files and extra programs from to speed up your computer and make it run faster.
If your computer is running really slowly, it may be infected with malware. Malware is software that attacks your computer and may use some of your computer's resources for malicious tasks such as sending spam e-mail or trying to break into other computer systems. You can download Malwarebytes anti-malware software for free to scan your computer and remove any malware.
Free Malware Scan with Malwarebytes anti-malware
After downloading Malwarebytes anti-malware, click the "Update Now" option to update the malware database. Then click the green "Scan Now" button to start a scan. Scanning a computer can take about 30 minutes or so, depending on the size of your hard drive and how many files you have to scan.At the end of the scan, you can see how many malware items were detected and you have the opportunity to remove the malware. My son was able to remove a really pesky malware called V9 from his computer using Malwarebytes anti-malware. V9 had infected his Internet Explorer and Chrome Browsers and I was not able to uninstall V9 using windows tools. Malwarebytes took care of V9 easily.
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| Malware Threats Detected During Malwarebytes Scan Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher |
On my computer, I noticed that Malwarebytes detected a few items that I would not consider malware, so it is important to review the list and make sure you are not deleting items that you installed and use that you are certain are not malware.
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| Malware Threats Removed After Scan Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher |
Malwarebytes performs the following steps to scan your computer for malware:
- Pre-scan Operations
- Memory Objects
- Startup Objects
- Registry Objects
- Filesystem Objects
- Heuristic Analysis
Clicking the Scan Now button will automatically run through all of these steps to scan your computer for malware threats. At the end of the scan, you will be able to review the list of all of the malware threats found and apply actions to quarantine and delete the malware threats.
How to Get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Software for Free
Here's the link to download Malwarebytes anti-malware software for free from the malwarebytes website at https://www.malwarebytes.org/:Download Malwarebytes anti-malware software
Recommended Reading:
Use SlimCleaner to clean up unneeded files and speed up your computer
How to Speed Up Windows 7 using Windows utilities
How to use a USB memory stick to Speed Up Windows Vista and Windows 7 with ReadyBoost
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