We show you how to salvage a PC after it's suffered a serious virus infection.
Most people credit the internet with the birth of the virus, however the first PC-based virus actually appeared back in 1986, called Brain. Even the concept of a self-replicating invasive program can traced as far back as 1949 in a paper by John von Neumann.
Although the internet has a lot to answer for, it’s merely the host or infection mechanism that carries a virus from one machine to the other. Those of you old enough to remember a time before the internet will undoubtedly recall that computer viruses spread through dodgy and infected floppy disks – those usually bought from a computer fair, or some such open collection of data.
Some of the early viruses weren’t too much of an issue, and could be removed simply by manually deleting the infected file via a DOS command prompt. These days the virus is an evolved entity and can work collectively with other infected PCs across the internet to form a single powerful weapon that can bring down companies, utilities, and even entire power grids.
Thankfully nothing of such magnitude has happened yet, although some instances have come pretty close. And it’s not just the common virus, it’s also the collective known as malware, which includes ransomware, Trojan horses, spyware, keyloggers, adware, and other forms of malicious software designed to bring your PC to its digital knees.
Most people credit the internet with the birth of the virus, however the first PC-based virus actually appeared back in 1986, called Brain. Even the concept of a self-replicating invasive program can traced as far back as 1949 in a paper by John von Neumann.
Although the internet has a lot to answer for, it’s merely the host or infection mechanism that carries a virus from one machine to the other. Those of you old enough to remember a time before the internet will undoubtedly recall that computer viruses spread through dodgy and infected floppy disks – those usually bought from a computer fair, or some such open collection of data.
Some of the early viruses weren’t too much of an issue, and could be removed simply by manually deleting the infected file via a DOS command prompt. These days the virus is an evolved entity and can work collectively with other infected PCs across the internet to form a single powerful weapon that can bring down companies, utilities, and even entire power grids.
Thankfully nothing of such magnitude has happened yet, although some instances have come pretty close. And it’s not just the common virus, it’s also the collective known as malware, which includes ransomware, Trojan horses, spyware, keyloggers, adware, and other forms of malicious software designed to bring your PC to its digital knees.
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