Virus Removal Melbourne

By far the most common problem that we see on a daily basis (and our specialty in fixing!) are issues relating to viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware and all other types of malware that you can pick up. Even with the best antivirus protection on your computer, a single click on the wrong link or email can lead to disaster.

Most viruses these days are advertising based, which means they display annoying popup’s and fake programs and scans that are designed to get your money and credit card details. Others are more serious and can hold your computer ransom (like the commonly seen UKash virus or the AFP – Australian Federal Police virus) and take over your computer completely. There are even new and potentially devastating viruses that can encrypt all of your data on your hard drive and will wipe all of your documents if you do not pay a ransom fee (although this wouldn’t be as scary if you use our secure online backup service which can get your data back at any time).

It is important that you seek proper advice when your computer is infected with a virus, to ensure that all of it is correctly removed. It is not worth risking all of the data on your hard drive if something goes wrong. After the virus is removed, you should noticed that your computer should be running faster as there will no longer be software running the background unnecessarily taking up your system resources.

Here Is What To Look Out For:

• Your computer runs much slower than it used to.
• There are popup’s appearing on your screen.
• There are scans running saying you have lots of computer errors.
• Your computer stops responding or frequently crashes.
• You are being redirected to other websites that you didn’t wish to view.
• Websites you view have additional advertising, or text is underlined when it shouldn’t be.
• Toolbars being added into your browser (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome).
• Software appears that you are not familiar with asks you to purchase it.
• Blue screen errors (blue screen of death or BSOD)

If You Think You Have A Virus – Here Is How We Can Help:

• We deal nearly exclusively with Windows machines, so virus removal is our speciality!
• All our technicians are kept up to date with the latest removal methods.
• We have the latest tools, programs and boot utilities to assist us.
• We can manually remove any traces or references to the virus from the registry.
• We can give the computer a health check and optimise it for the optimal performance.
• We can ensure your antivirus program is up to date or provide one if needed.
• We can make sure you have proper backups in place in the case of a disaster.
• We can give you advice on what to look out for to stop the problem returning.

With virus removal, it is always better to act sooner rather than later – so give our office a call on (03) 5215 1111 and a friendly member of our staff can discuss what we can do to assist you.