A free malware removal tool helps you identify and remove malware from your computer
If you can download malware bytes it's free
Minecraft doesn't mess up your computer. Minecraft is a malware free program.
Usually it's a first place where you can get lots of malware.
Download AVG Free anti-virus & Malwarebytes anti-malware & run scans for starters.
If you suspect your computer may have been compromised by malware, you should:
Malware can infect your computer through many methods. Some malware is unintentionally installed by clicking Next, Next, Next and not reading the datails of what you are installing. This occurs with many free programs. Some malware infects your PC when you download something free, ie a picture, video or screensaver. Along with the item you downloaded, came malware. And some malware infects you by Drive-By Infection. This happens when you land on a website that is waiting to infect you. More on the topic as well as ways to keep safe on the internet can be found at http://www.malwareremovalvideo.com
Spybot is one of the top rated malware removal programs that will help keep your computer safe. You can download iat at http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html.
Download MALWAREBYTES.EXE from malwarebytes.org and run it on your system. It is free. You may have to run it in SAFE mode, if the malware won't let you run it. Malware developers know that malwarebytes will get rid of almost all malware and often put code in their programs to prevent it from running. That will get rid of any malware you have. Usually this is caused by malware on your computer.
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No, XPCleaner is Malware . To clean the malware,uninstall it, delete the registry files manually after disabling System restore and restarting the the computer. If you are not sure to delete files in the registry,just run a free scan wih AVG Trial or microsoft free antivirus software
The simple answer to this questions is YES. Malware stands for "Malicious Software" and is designed to get into your computer without you knowing about it and perform its malicious actions. A lot of different types of "bad programs" are grouped under the category of malware like Trojan horses, rootkits, worms, spyware etc... Once it is in your computer it will usually do many things but almost always what will happen is that it will create a program that will take up your computers resources which will make it slower. To make matters even worse, some malware programs will actually spawn other programs periodically which will actually take up more of your resources. This is why it is very important that you keep your computer free from any form of viruses, spyware and malware by having a good anti-virus protection and good malware/spyware protection. For Anti-Virus I personally use ESET NOD32 AntiVirus, but the only problem with that program is that you have to pay for it. If you want a free one that is pretty good check out AVG Anti-Virus (just do a Google search for them, their website should come up first). In terms of malware protection I use Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and for spyware protection I use Spyware Blaster. Both of these programs are free and you can find them by simply doing a Google search for them. So the overall answer is yes, malware can slow down your computer, but there are also a lot of other factors that can slow down your computer. I personally specialize in speeding up slow computers and if you are interested in that topic, then feel free to check out my bio page by clicking on my username - I have a lot of free information on there.
I recommend downloading SpyBot: Search and Destroy and MalwareBytes. These programs are free and are also very effective. SpyBot keeps your computer safe from spyware and MalwareBytes keeps you safe from malware. There is a difference from viruses and malware.