YUMI or can infect the USB drive so that you might infect other computers, which is why you should not try to do any of this from the infected computer. Some infections can prevent you from running
Warning! You will need access to another PC that is not infected in order to follow all the instructions here. To run a memory (RAM) test, scan for hard disk errors, run AntiMalware software, run an alternate OS, run a partition manager or run hard disk cloning software. The USB drive becomes a Swiss Army Knife tool for fixing PCs. This tool allows you to take almost any USB flash driveĪnd load one or more bootable OSes to fix almost any PC problem. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use a Windows software called YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer). Lots of choices in what AntiMalware to use. This is much easier to do now with bootable USB drives and The best way to clean an infected OS, is to boot your PC using another clean OS with AntiMalware software. If it was not updated, then newer malicious software can take control and prevent any attempts to remove it while your infected Windows System is running. Even if you did have an AntiMalware installed,
If you did not have any AntiMalware software installed and your Windows PC is infected, it can be near impossible to properly fix while in Windows. Use a bootable USB drive to clean a badly infected computer:
