Our virus removal services are second to none. We know where they hide and we know how to get rid of them. There are many people who will remove viruses from your computer, typically they follow a standard process like this:
- Receive computer
- Connect hard drive to another computer, copy over the “Documents and Settings” folder, sometimes only the user folder(s)
- Format hard drive
- Reinstall Windows
- Setup accounts that previously existed
- Put data back on the computer
- Return computer
This is all well and good, if you know where the installation disks for each and every piece of software you had on the computer prior to it being “fixed” and don’t mind spending a few hours reinstalling them. In addition, there are any number of places that malicious files can hide on your hard drive, it may have been put right back on sitting idle until it’s reactivated.
We take a different approach, utilizing sophisticated forensics tools to find all traces of an infection and eradicate it. In addition to removing the malicious software, we install programs and change hidden security settings that help prevent it from happening again.
