How to Remove Malware/Viruses From Your Windows PC

How to Remove Malware/Viruses From Your Windows PC
Today we will take a look at removing a nasty pc virus from your computer. This trojan is a XMRig Minor Trojan, this can be difficult to remove because it uses 100% of the CPU and Memory, which makes the pc unusable. I will show you a nice trick to suspend the process which gives you back control of your pc so you can remove the trojan virus.

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[Britec]

This was a nasty trojan virus to remove. Drop us a LIKE 👍

[arthurshugars]

Nice video and thanks! It really is a shame that some people take pleasure in screwing other people over with these trojans/malware. It is a nice breathe of fresh air having you show us on what to do in cases like these happening to us! :)

[philonutube]

Excellent work.... I learn so much from your flicks and a pleasure to watch as well.

[ionamygdalon]

Very smart thinking Brian! Really enjoyed this video, as if it were a crime/thriller movie haha :)

[filmuk]

Wow, really impressed with this clip. Glad you showed us your method and keep them coming, many thanks Paul

[sludgefactory]

Hell yeah, always wondered how to manually remove that crap, cuz I don't really trust any one program myself to remove things properly. Another great video where I learned alot

[MrTNT-nz]

what if the trojan is still in the registry? Why not just use bitdefender to eliminate the trojan, rather than doing each one? It might be hidden in another folder

[sebastian]

I had the same issue many years ago (2007 or so). I worked with a P3 computer with XP that commanded a machine through a proprietary software. One day, when I started the computer in the morning I noticed that was slower than usual (I made a coffee and the machine was ready to go usually, but then I drank half of the cup until the program was ready). Well, the program was very lagged, it took minutes to send a command to the machine. The antivirus (avast I think it was) did not started and could not install anything, IT guy tried Panda, malware-something and nothing installed.
So, I took the same approach: with taskmanager I tried to find the program that hog the CPU, but taskmanager did not started: need admin privileges. When browsing to its location was nowhere to be found, only a .lnk file instead (and I used Total Commander instead Windows explorer). I disconnected the network cable and form a CD (that I made in the IT office) I ran Process Explorer (that I made default taskmanager later). So I was able to find where its program was. Rebooted in safe mode, deleted its files, checked the registry for its name/location and deleted all the entries. Also checked the startup sequence to make sure that no other instance was ran. Rebooted and was OK. Virus removed. All in less than one hour.
My colleague from the other shift was playing a new game at the time that he had on CD (some swf flash thing) while the machine was doing its job and that infected the computer. I disconnected the CD drive and no problems again. For that, we lost half day of work (almost all my shift), but I got a nice bonus for being the antivirus. The IT guy at the time was busy searching for another machine to replace that computer and eventually found one next day, so we had a spare (that we never used). And for the next two years while I worked there, I was called for every problem with the staff personal computers (viruses, BSOD, installing the OS, downgrading from Vista to XP, upgrading the hardware, etc).
Often I took same approach, used same technique and always worked. That is why I only have the Windows default antivirus and never installed an antivirus program on my computers.

[proulxr]

Great video. I think my system is pretty clean but this is a super helpful video for future use.
Thank you!

[andahalf]

How about using Rkill to stop those processes?

[MortalRhythm]

When I open task manager it's turn off automatically can make me a solution

[nonavailable]

Great Job Mr Britec !!!, i really missed these trojans & virus removing videos !!! :-), this really kinda made my boring day lol

[_Jay_Maker_]

Awesome instructional guide, and very easy to do, too. I'll definitely add this practice to my typical removal process if other programs don't work. Great stuff.

[lenn]

Great work Brian sorting that out, bit beyond me tho, I appreciate your knowhow.

[babakgholian]

Hi I got a question . How do you see all the extentions in the browser Taskbar opera or other if you have more than 5 extentions you can't see them and then you can't use them ! How do you get tow rows of extentions in the browser bar ?

[deciodasilva]

This was very useful mate thanks...i would actually go into a live CD and remove them...I like the technique you used

[digitalillustration]

As always, save this video in case I need it 👍Thank you!

[LegacyDrillBeats]

Hi britec09 I have a problem where I can't connect to the internet. I've tried everything to fix it but no cigar. I get err_connection_failed, not even the network troubleshooting works, it can't detect the problem. Funny thing is every else seems to work with the internet except my PC. Help!

[oSazieo]

Very helpful tips, I'll definitely try this if I get a similar problem

[vincemorath]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. That was a rather nasty critter to kill.