If you've been infected by a malware threat, the chances are that you are finding it much more difficult to remove the infection than you first thought.
After all, shouldn't it be as easy as purchasing a malware removal tool and then just running a scan? In actual fact, malware developers invest a huge amount of time in putting up roadblocks that prevent popular anti-malware tools from actually removing their threats.
The way in which this happens is that malware developers will build code into their malicious programs that identifies malware removal tools and preventing them from running, updating or removing the infection.
These parts of the malware are automatically run from startup and cannot be closed, modified or deleted.
So how do you get around these blockers? The trick to removing stubborn malware threats from your PC is to prevent the malware from running automatically every time that you boot up Windows.
To do this, you'll need to load up Windows in 'Safe Mode' -- a stripped down version of Windows that only launches system critical programs at startup.
While this is going to stop a lot of good programs -- such as your desktop appearance, anti-virus tools, firewall and others, it is also going to stop the malware threat dead in its tracks, too To launch Windows in safe mode, follow these easy instructions: 1.
Save your work and shutdown your computer 2.
Leave your computer powered off for around 30 seconds 3.
Restart your computer and repeatedly tap the F8 key (you have to be quick here!) 4.
The Windows Advanced Boot Menu will be displayed.
From the options, use your cursor to select 'Safe Mode'.
Your computer will now boot up in this protected mode.
Don't be alarmed if your settings have changed -- they'll be back as soon as your restart your computer in normal mode.
  Once you have loaded up, open up your malware scanner and removal tool and run the scan and fix any located errors.
In this protected environment, you will now have a much better chance in completely removing the malware threat from your computer.
Once you have removed the threat, simply reboot your computer normally to bring back all of your preferences, settings and programs...
of course, now less the malware threat!