How to Remove the Titanic Virus

Computer viruses may be nasty but are typically highly manageable.

The Titanic virus is typically a relatively harmless virus, except that it may provide a hacker with remote access to your computer and may occasionally be an especially vicious Trojan virus. That said, here is a basic guide for removing a Titanic virus from your computer.

Instructions

1. Acquire and run a virus scanning program to detect the virus. The virus is known as the Titanic virus because the last word on the actual file of the virus is .Titanic. Technically, it is possible that you could search your registry or the rest of your computer and find the virus yourself, but your best bet is to use a virus scanning software that can do all of the hard work for you. The Spyware Doctor at PCTool.com is one useful virus scanning software. StopZilla Anti-Spyware virus protection is another great resource. See Resources for links.

2. After scanning for or physically seeking out the virus, utilize a program to delete the virus. Use your virus scanning program, or if it proves ineffective for you, Exterminate It!, another anti-spyware software, is can delete the Titanic virus. Simply download the program (see References), run it, allow it to scan the registry and allow the program to delete the file after it finds the Titanic virus.

3. Practice proper caution while navigating the Internet to avoid downloading new Titanic viruses. The most significant causes of Titanic viruses are downloading freeware or shareware that has not been scanned, sharing files online through peer-to-peer networks and visiting unsafe websites.

References

• Exterminate-It: Titanic

Resources

• PCTools: Spyware Doctor™ with AntiVirus 2010 for Windows®
• StopZilla: Anti-spyware Made Easy