If you clear the computers memory, will that get rid of virus's?

Question

As in clearing the memory, i mean like restarting it so it wont have any pix, music, doc. ,ect on it and you have to put on a program like X.P. and Vista

Answer 1

ok..you seem to mis understand....memory is just temporary. it's just a work area...



when you start a program like word...the computer makes a copy of word and puts it into memory for you...you see it as a blank document...



you work on it until youre ready to save and if you save it it saves to the hard drive.



the hard drive is where everything is stored...including windows



for windows to work bits and pieces of its programming is copied into memory and executed...

when windows shuts down it stops all runining programs removes everything from memory including itself and turns off the pc



and clearing out the hard drive and starting from scratch is called formatting and reinstalling windows...



to do it you need to have a backup of the files you want to keep, the windows installation cd and the cd key as well as installation cd's for all the other programs you got and their respective serial keys.



if reformatting is done it makes it like the pc just came from the factory with nothing on it...this here answers your question

Answer 2

If you mean by cleaning the memory as in the Hard drive then yes, Formatting the hard drive will erase all data including windows and viruses. Then you will have to re-install windows and all system drives before you can use it again.



Similarly most companies will issue you with a system restore disc, this isn't as effective but it will clean most viruses off your computer. this difference is this disc wont remove windows itself (as not too many people know how to re-install windows properly)



The term memory often refers to RAM (which is cleared every time the computer restarts) but in this case you mean Hard disk.

Answer 3

Yes of course. Formatting the hard disk will delete EVERYTHING on it including viruses. You will then have to reinstall your OS. However, the best thing to do is just get Anti-Virus protection. Norton offers the best around. Go to symantec.com. They offer a 30 day trial of all their products. Or you can just google "Norton Anti-Virus 2010 OEM download".

Answer 4

No. The viruses keep on your hard disk until you clean by anti-virus software. When computer is shut off, nothing in memory already.

Answer 5

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op. system install / re-install steps







print a copy of this file



print a copy of computer notes



export browser Fav's / bookmarks



back-up files, programs ;



power down



disconnect network and external drives



power up



delete tif files ( temp internet files ) and cookies;



un-install programs;



delete folders;



delete accounts



empty recycle bin



restart computer



Go to BIOS and set boot order with CD boot 1st



place O.S. CD in CD drive, 'cept don't close it



power down



close CD drive with O.S. CD in it



restart computer



format primary HDD;



( Fn + F10 ) = disc eject ( DELL )



install op. system;



adjust screen resolution;



load software for external drives and hardware;



test for internet connection;



install additional programs as necessary





If your computer is several years old, consider buying a new hard drive for the fresh install of the op. sys..



When re-installing the o.s., allocate 15gb (15000mb) of space for the op. sys.. Format in NTFS. Partition the rest of the hard drive in 7000mb to 20000mb allocations creating up to 10 partitions. Then, after you boot, you can allocate / format the rest of the hard drive under disk management;



>(r-clik) my computer

> manage

> disk management



Allocate +/- 7 to 20 gb of space for each partition, format in NTFS.



Install additional software (Adobe pdf reader, Java R.E., printer, wireless adaptor, office suite, web browser, widgets,etc.) to a low capacity partition.

AVOID installing to the partition that host's the op.sys.. AVOID storing anything in the user account “My Documents” folder as that will consume space in the host partition.



Download software to a low capacity partition, install software and programs to another low capacity partition. Create and download documents to another partition. Store music and images and other media files on another partition.





leave at least one partition unused, for migration. At least once a year, migrate your stuff to a unused partition, (especially if you do a lot of document creating, editing, deleting), then format the abandoned partition, for the next time.



With only the op. sys. on the hosting partition, and other file types separated by partitions, it will be easier for your computer to run the op., and easier to run everything else. Also, the search feature will work much faster as you will only have to search a partition for the file you want to find.



And, with your files and software on other partitions, your stuff is already in back-up, and the next op. Sys. Re-install will be already half done and much easier to do and you will only have to format the host partition and not the whole hard drive



Also, increase your RAM to at least double of mfg. Configure or even max it.



http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html



Check the RAM and CPU load with the task manager to determine if you need to increase the RAM capacity;



1st> (r-clik) taskbar

2> task manager

3> performance







Get widgets to monitor the RAM load and CPU load



http://downloads.yahoo.com/





To be more thorough, “wipe” the hard drive before the op. Sys. Install with DBAN



http://www.answers.com/topic/darik-s-boo…





Use Eraser to overwrite the contents of the recycle bin instead of emptying the recycle bin;



1st> Open Eraser

2> clik explorer tab near bottom left

3> clik recycle bin in the the explorer tree to show contents of recycle bin

4> edit > select all

5> drag and hold contents over the eraser tab

The explorer closes and eraser opens

6> drag contents back to the eraser que, drop contents

7> set eraser to make one pass;

Edit > preferences > erasing > pseudorandom data > OK

8> (r-clik) eraser que> run all > close



http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/e…





Occasionally use ccleaner for maintenance purposes;



http://www.filehippo.com/download_cclean…





Occasionally, create a new user account, copy / paste contents from the current user account, to the new user account, then delete the old user account



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