i hate virus!

@yhanie (188)
Philippines
January 18, 2011 5:00am CST
my computer have been infected by virus and when i ran a scan in it,,all of the installed programs were erased for they have been infected,, how can i restore all of it? can someone help me..
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@androbot (89)
• India
18 Jan 11
I think the best option for you would be to format your hard disk fully and perform a clean install. Make sure you use a reputed Antivirus in the future. I personally use AVG antivirus Free Edition and have never had any virus issues with my PC.
18 Jan 11
I wouldn't be surprised if you ran a better anti-virus scan and it found several viruses no offence, but AVG isn't a great antivirus program, not even good in my opinion. I've fixed countless machines running it (fully upto date) and its had sometimes 10+ virus, trojans, etc etc which AVG just point blank refused to find. Not trying to be insulting or rude just giving a personal opinion.
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@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
18 Jan 11
Once your computer has been infected with a virus, unfortunately you won't be able to retrieve the files infected. Even if you do, so does the virus itself. What we do if we notice our computer has a spyware or a virus we reformat the hard drive and all of our important files are always backed up. The programs can always be reinstalled but you still need a copy of executable file in a safe place.
@yhanie (188)
• Philippines
18 Jan 11
i also want to do that option,, unfortunately i am slow about computers and need to hire a com tech,, i have a cousin but i'm shy in approaching him to fix this,, my brother is an expert but he is not around,, i really dont feel to hire other, there are a lot of tricks done by them.
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
20 Jan 11
I also hate it when it happens. Once a virus had done a substancial amount of damage, I usually don't try to repair it anymore and simply reinstall the whole Windows, together with all the programs. Yes, it's a long and hard process to recover everything, but when many things are already damaged it may even be shorter. Be sure to always have the antivirus working properly, and all updates to it in place. So it doesn't happens again.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
hi, if those applications are infected of the virus, and couldn't clean it or quarantine the virus, i think its better to reformat your system and re-install those application again.
@redmask (44)
24 Jan 11
no one loves virus. better try to install new anti virus like nod32 smart security.
• Philippines
20 Jan 11
Viruses are really annoying. It can lose your masterpieces if you have some saved in your computer. I am always making an animation using my Personal Computer. It really enjoys the children in our household. If ever those animations were messed up by a virus, the thing I strove to do will be lost. If your computer was reformatted after removing all the viruses, I think you won't be able to retrieve it again. You can try also the system restore. The system restore is the microsoft's greatest system tool which enables you to restore your saved files, installed softwares and settings from an earlier time.
@mark98 (567)
• China
19 Jan 11
My system was attacked by the virus. I suggest you restore your system. If this does not slove the problem must ultimately be re-installed.