[Answer] What Should I Do If My Computer Gets a Virus?

[Answer] What Should I Do If My Computer Gets a Virus?

For ordinary non-technical users, reinstalling the operating system is probably the best choice in this situation. If you have important data to save, boot into Safe Mode, copy your files out, and then reinstall the system.

These days, more than 90% of the download links that show up in Baidu search results lead to problematic websites. To keep your computer safe, be very cautious about downloading any software directly from Baidu search results. This is especially true for all those sites that claim to offer “green downloads” or “fast downloads,” with rows of ads and download buttons all over the page. Most of them are shady—if not worse.

But what if you really need a piece of software? Aside from buying a legitimate copy through the official channel, or downloading it from the software’s confirmed official website, there is a small trick: on Taobao, you can often get the software you need at a very low cost. For users without much computer experience, this is basically like paying a few yuan—or even just a few jiao—as a service fee to have someone more experienced help download the software for you. Relatively speaking, that can be a bit more reliable. At the very least, if they install a bunch of random junk software, you can leave a bad review or file a complaint against the seller—instead of ending up like this, not even knowing who to blame.