Windows 10 Troubleshooting: Learn to Troubleshoot and Repair Windows 10 Problems Like the Pros Do

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19. Troubleshooting Viruses and Malware

Mike Halsey¹  

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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

 

Probably the worst fate to befall a PC is for it to become infected with malware. Long gone are the days when viruses were fairly innocuous things; the first one I got on a PC played “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to me every day at five o’clock but did nothing other than that. Nowadays viruses, malware, and ransomware exist to make money, real money, for the criminal gangs that create them. Why is this? Simply put, a few years ago, many criminals around the world discovered that, rather than rob banks ...