How to Remove Trojan Virus for Free

A trojan virus is perhaps the type of computer virus with the highest rate of incidence worldwide. If your computer hard drive is riddled with viruses, chances are that 4 out of 10 will be trojan viruses. The aim of writing this Buzzle article is to explain how to remove trojan virus for free.

Just like you need to diagnose the nature of a disease before you can find the right cure for it, you need to know the nature of a computer virus, before you can actually remove it.

About Trojan Viruses

So let us know something about this breed of trojan viruses, before walking you through a strategy to effectively get rid of them. The name trojan virus has an origin in Greek Mythology, as it uses disguise and deception to gain entry into your computer system. Most trojan horses or trojan viruses disguise themselves as useful programs, when they are actually designed to steal data from a user and take control over a computer system. In fact, most modern trojan viruses are disguised as virus removal programs which fool a user into believing that his computer system is infected by raising a false alarm and baiting him to install them on the computer.

What makes trojan computer virus infections dangerous is the fact that they can let computer hackers gain remote access to your computer, convert your system into a botnet, steal data and even monitor the user's activity entirely. Hence at the slightest sign of infection from a trojan virus, it's recommended that you install an antivirus software pronto, to get rid of them.

How to Remove Trojan Viruses For Free?

There are many ways in which trojan viruses can be removed from your computer, without paying a dime. Here are some suggestions.

Use the Best Free Antivirus Software
The simplest way of removing computer trojans is to install and run a free antivirus software which can scan and clean them out of your computer system for free. Personally, I recommend Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast Antivirus and AVG antivirus software as they are unarguably the best free programs.

Use Online Virus Scanners
There are several antivirus software websites that provide online scanners, which can remove trojans. However, such online scanners can only be a temporary feature and they are no substitutes for installed antivirus software on your computer.

Manual Trojan Virus Removal
Other than using websites that can remove trojan virus for free online, you can manually remove them. For that to work of course, you need to know which system files have been infected by the virus and which files need to be erased to restore normal functionality of the system. Online forums and antivirus software sites can provide you with guidelines for manual removal. Manual trojan horse virus removal is a tough job, unless you are a geek, who knows about dabbling under the hood of computer operating systems. Consult computer repair sites which explain how to remove trojan horse virus manually.

Format Hard Drive & Reinstall OS
If none of the above works, the best way to purge your computer system is to back up important data and erase the hard drive entirely by formatting it. Once formatted, you can reinstall your computer operating system using a recovery disc.

The best way of removing trojan viruses is to install one of the best antivirus software programs, that is regularly updated with the latest threats and virus signatures. In case, you don't have an antivirus program installed and your hard drive is riddled with trojan viruses, formatting it entirely and reinstalling your computer operating system using a recovery disc is the best way to go.