How do you check if your computer has a virus?

Question

I recently bought a computer and it came with free 30 day trial of Norton protection but it expired a couple weeks ago how do i check if i could have any viruses?

Answer 1

Only an anti-virus software can tell if you have a virus. That is if you don't want to wait till your pc is ruined.

Answer 2

First do an online scan and clean with http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html AND http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

Now it's time to replace that miserable insecurity software that you use; download the installers for

browser - http://www.opera.com/ - use this instead that malware magnet IE

antivirus - http://www.avast.com/

antispyware - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

................. - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...

firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

They are all the best in their category and FREE.

Unplug the internet line, uninstall the junk and install these (if necessary in safe mode) one by one with each necessary reboot done.

Reconnect the line and update them (Spybot has it manual).

That's all. Now admire how fast and safe (only if you never use IE again) your pc is.

Answer 3

Restart your PC in safe mode with networking

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

Download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Run a full scan with Micro Trend House Call

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

After the scans, restart the PC and uninstall Norton. Download Avast anti-virus, remember to only have one anti-virus installed on your PC

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...  [Free]

Answer 4

ok the best way to check if your computer has a virus is to download a free antivirus like PCtools antivirus. I use that one and so far it has worked really good and it's free. Go to www.pctools.com  and download it and then run a scan. If your computer does have a virus it will help remove it.