Difficulty:  Swatting flys.
Estimated Cost: 0 dollars.  Fixing it yourself: Priceless.
Required Patience: Between 6 and 10.
Summary: This guide will help you get rid of a virus by means of installing antivirus software, anti-spyware software, and touches into hijack this!  This method is about 20 percent effective but when it works, you shouldn’t need to reinstall anything or take apart the computer.

Note:  This guide assumes you have internet on the infected pc, or have a thumb drive that you can copy these programs to and from to get them onto the infected pc.  It also assumes the infected pc is bootable.  If it is not, then goto Virus alert 2.  It should also be noted that since viruses can protect themselves, a majority of viruses (that can be prevented) can defend themselves if they get on your system before the antivirus software does.  This method is effective about 20 percent of the time, but does not require cracking open the case when it works.

Ok so for starters, you can call me on my bullshit “level” chart.  Just like the governments “Terror Alert Level”, I made it up.  I am refering to a virus that has a low difficulty removal level and your system has probably been infected because you have no antivirus on it.  Since you are here I assume you missed my guide on prevention.  Moving on, we have 3 steps to removing a weak virus from your system.  If this doesn’t work, then proceed to my guide on level 2 removal.

Next: Step 1: Anti-virus.