Malware, the malicious software can put your computer into a pool of troubles. There are many ways that the malware can get to your computer, namely floppy drive, CD drive, pen drive, internet, and a few more. Internet is known to be the most common gateway between your computer and the malware. The trap is very well organized where the user is offered a free scan for any potential virus on the computer. Accepting the offer triggers the trouble. There will be more pop ups coming up, offering you an antivirus software. This antivirus software is nothing but the malware. Sometimes people even pay to get into trouble. In other words, they are made to pay for these masked malware.

Scareware is another term used to refer the malware. Microsoft has reported more than 4.4 million computers that are infected by the malware as of today. Some commonly known malware programs are Personal antivirus, XP antivirus, DriveCleaner, RapidAntiVirus, Antivirus?09, and WiPC antivirus. You should only stay away from such programs.

So how do you get rid of malware? It could be a painful task to get rid of malware from your computer. If you have been unfortunate to install malware on your PC, you may want to read on. There are several options to choose from, and we have discussed all such options below.

The first thing that you must always do is to take the back up of your critical and important files. Before you start any operations to get rid of malware, make sure you have a copy of your important data. You would not want to lose out on your important data as a result of fighting the malware. You may take a backup on a flash USB drive, Floppy drive (if sufficient), or on a CD drive.

One mistake that many people make is that they install an anti malware software on an already malware suffering computer. This will most likely do no good for you. The malware will nine out of ten times protect itself from the anti malware. You should have installed the anti malware long before, when your computer was healthy. It may be too late now.

One good option is to install the malware in the safe mode. In safe mode, you can expect the computer to stop the malware software from performing any operations, as the computer tends to stop all programs from performing any independent operations. This could be an ideal situation for your anti malware to clean up things. However, the idea may not work too well if the OS is also infected. The safe mode may not work as usual.

Nothing works as well as disconnecting your troubled hard disk from the computer, and connecting it to another safe and malware protected computer. The hard disk must be connected as slave. The anti malware on the computer would do a good job cleaning up the slave hard disk. You may perform the operation on a variety of computers having different anti malware software installed. This would guarantee a clean hard disk.

If the situation favors you, formatting the hard disk could be the best option of all. No remedies would be required in this case. Simply format and install a fresh copy of OS.