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How to Remove Malware from Your Windows PC [Updated 2019]
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Need PC cleaning? This step-by-step guide will help with a malware infection.

Malware infection. You might think it will never happen to you. Until it does and you don’t know exactly what to do. How do you actually remove malware? Maybe you’ll ask your tech-savvy friend how to remove malware or you’ll try to clean the PC by yourself. Or perhaps you’ll address this issue on a security forum where other people encountered the same problem.


Warning signs: You’ve noticed your PC has started to slow down, it crashes often, pop-ups appear randomly in your browser, or that unusual apps start automatically.

All these signs can tell that your computer is infected with malware.

So, a malware infection has taken your computer hostage.

What do you do now?

In this article, I’ll walk you through all the steps you need to follow so you can easily clean up and restore your PC to a functional state.

Step 1. Back up all your documents and files before you start removing the malware infection.

Regardless of your malware infection, the first thing to do is backup all your important files and documents. You can do that by saving your essential data on the external source such as DVD/CDs, free cloud storage services, USB sticks or external drives. Use this guide to better back up your online data.

By performing a backup process, you can save your essential data on an external source to keep it safe. You can do this manually or automatically and we recommend using software backup tools.

Step 2. Enter your PC in Safe Mode with Networking


Here’s what you should do:

* Unplug DVDs, CDs or other USB drives from your PC and then shut it down.

* Restart by pressing F8 key over and over again until it takes you to the Safe Mode with Networking.

* This will make your system boot up only critical processes and prevent certain malware infections from starting up.
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