Kustom Computers Huddersfield

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Virus Removal

Is You PC Infected?

If you suspect virus or spyware activity on your computer, please contact us immediately on 07877 322351. Your may lose your data if it has not been backed up! Losing all your files or being a victim of identity theft is not worth the risk!

We will check the current virus and spyware protection on your system, and improve it if necessary. If anti-virus software is not present we'll install a free version.

Only following the right procedure ensures viruses are permenantly removed. This often requires many long scans. The virus and spyware removal process may take four hours or more. We can offer a limited version remotely but a complete service at our premises is much better. To read about remote computer servicing click here.

What we do

• Remove potentially infected temporary and junk files.
• Remove programs that are associated with spyware and viruses
• Run an detailed anti-virus scan
• Run multiple spyware removal programs
• Check for infections specific to web browsers
• Immunize your browser against all currently known threats
• Check to see if Windows is running unauthorized background processes  
• Prevent problem programs from running at startup
• Automate future anti-virus updates and scans
• Schedule spyware scans
• Apply the latest Windows security patches
• Test for holes in you internet connection
• Check your firewall rules
• Run disk defragmenter to reorganize the files

Additional Recommendations

We also monitor the PC temperature. High temperatures can lead to hardware failure and data loss. If this is the case internal cleaning is needed. A PC may run up to 15°C cooler after the case and fans have been dusted.

Don't use HTML e-mail. Configure you e-mail client to use plain text email. With plain text what you see is what you get; therefore malicious code cannot be hidden in such an e-mail. To keep your system trouble-free please follow the recommendations on the Internet Safety guide.