Recover Computer System After Malware Infection

Martin Brinkmann — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:14:41 +0000

The first step to recover a computer system after a malware infection is the malware removal. This is usually done by the security software that is installed on the system. Some security software programs do a great job of removing malware but fail to remove traces that the malware has left behind. That’s where IClean comes into play, a program designed to remove the traces left by malware that has already been removed from the system.

IClean is a portable application that can be run from anywhere including a portable drive or device. The computer program will then display information about the computer system in six tabs that are accessible on top of the interface.

Processes: Displays all running processes with the option to check processes and kill them or kill and delete them.
Services: A list of all running services with the option to delete multiple services at once.
Registry: Several security sensitive Registry settings are displayed here including programs that bypass firewall rules, toolbars and browser helper objects with the option to repair, backup and restore settings.
Startup Folders: Displays a list of startup items that are loaded during system start with the option to enable, disable or clear them.
Hosts: The Windows hosts file that is used by malware to redirect Internet traffic.
Advanced: Option to terminate a known process ID.

Several of these options could come in handy after a sucessful malware removal on the computer system. IClean is available at the developer’s website and compatible with all Windows operating systems from Windows 98 to Windows Vista (and probably Windows 7 as well).

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Recover Computer System After Malware Infection