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If you find, or suspect, that you have malware on your computer, you can do one or more of the following (listed in order of how time-consuming they are):
If you find, or suspect, that you have malware on your computer, you can do one or more of the following (listed in order of how time-consuming they are):
*Run a security scan with your antivirius software
*Run a security scan with your antivirius software
*Run one of several anti-malware
*Run one, or more, of several anti-malware programs
*Reinstall your operating system and software
*Reinstall your operating system and software
It may be impossible to guarantee that your computer/phone is never compromised with malware. Even trustworthy sources can become unintentional providers of malware. Sometimes security flaws in software allow attackers to gain access to your computer resources, before the software supplier is aware of the flaw. Exploitation of these flaws before the software manufacturer provides patches are called zero-day exploits (or zero-day hacks).
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