If I have a very nasty Virus on my PC and after scanning if I put the startup disk in will the virus be got!!

Question

If I have a very nasty Virus on my PC and after scanning if I put the startup disk in will the virus be got!!

Answer 1

If other anti-virus programs fail.

Try avast.

It is a very effective and free anti-virus program.

Anti-virus installation

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/A...

How to configure ?

http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/soe/an...

avast! Virus Definitions

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Sign...

Answer 2

no i got a serious trojan last week and it crashed my comp good style i just reinstalled xp and away i went a couple of minor problems but they didnt realy take that long to fix the first prog i put in was avast home edition antivirus and when i scanned for probs there were none

Answer 3

If you format the hard drive then re instal your OS then the virus will be gone, however why no tell us the name of the virus or what it doing - there are ways of removing it without a re instal or are you going to re instal everytime you get a virus ?

Answer 4

NO do not do that ,

it will probably hide in the system restore as well as other places.

this is a good way to get rid of any virus forever ...

just follow it as close as you can for vista..

click on tools > delete browsing history > delete all

> check the box, also delete files and settings stored by

add-on's >yes.

......................................... next" ,..........................................

start > all programs > pc help and tools > system restore

> system restore settings > system restore > check the box turn off system restore on all drives > ok

then go here and do scan.

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

then go here and do Clean up Scan

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-au/cente...

then turn the system restore back to on...

then create a new restore point as your pc will now be clean.

then turn off system restore again as it will erase the last infected restore file..

reboot and then turn the system restore back to on...

and hey presto a clean machine...

PS:

doing a scan alone will not get rid of it as scans will not remove infected restore files..

Answer 5

whats the virus?

Answer 6

No start up disks cannot remove a virus.

Answer 7

Try this, will certainly do no harm

http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-set...

Answer 8

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 update your anti-virus, remember to only have one anti-virus installed on your PC

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...  [Free, if you do not have one]

Answer 9

No