Antivirus programs and firewalls are pretty good at catching malware before it can infect devices, but occasionally malware can slip through defenses, endangering personal and financial information. When that happens, all isn’t lost; it’s possible to recover from most cyber attacks with tools and techniques available to average users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ll go over malware removal tools and steps, and offer some tips to keep your devices from getting reinfected. These steps will work in most cases, but if you’ve been hit by ransomware, see our guides to ransomware decryption<\/a>, removal<\/a> and recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n