is your windows 10 pc having a malware infection in this video you will see steps to remove any malware from your windows 10 pc before we start this guide press the like button and subscribe to our channel in case you forget later how do you know if you have a malware infection if your windows 10 machine has a malware infection you will face a drastic impact on the performance your pc works very slow when you start seeing unusual error messages disabled anti-virus protection is also a sign of malware infection the malware disables the security program so that they can't take action against them if you are seeing pop-ups and advertisements at unusual places it is also a sign of malware infection how to remove the malware infection from windows 10 after knowing that your pc has malware follow the steps to remove them boot in safe mode if you boot the windows 10 in safe mode malware removal becomes easy in safe mode only essential services and processes run so you can easily clean your pc to boot in safe mode click on the start menu go to the power options now press the shift button and click on restart after that your system will go to full screen mode now go to the troubleshooting then advanced options now click on startup settings then restart button your system will boot in the safe mode you can now perform the next steps to clean the malware delete temporary files most malware hides in the temporary files they load as temporary files and then start infecting your system so your first step should be deleting the temporary files to do that click on the start menu and type disk cleanup click on it to open click ok now deselect everything and select temporary internet files and temporary files click ok then confirm your action by clicking on delete files remove system restore points system restore points are used to restore the system to a working state if any problem happens with the computer the user tries to restore it to a restore point malware creators are aware of this so they create the malware to infect the system restore points also it is better to remove the system restore points click on the start menu and type create a restore point open it then click on configure click on disable system protection then click on the delete button to delete all the system restore points click on continue to confirm reset browser settings malware hijacks the settings of your browser and redirects you to malicious sites so that they can infect your system with malware again you should reset the browser settings to avoid that to reset the settings of google chrome click on the menu button then settings advanced then click on restore settings to their original defaults now confirm your action to reset the settings of mozilla firefox click on the menu button then help then click on troubleshooting information now click on refresh firefox now click on refresh firefox again to confirm your action if you are using microsoft edge open the menu then go to settings click on reset settings from the left sidebar now click on restore settings to their default values then confirm your action by clicking on the reset button scan your pc with anti-malware as of now you have removed unnecessary files from your system to clean your computer now it's time to scan your pc with anti-malware to remove all the traces of the malware you can use malwarefox anti-malware to scan your pc now download malwarefox anti-malware from the link in the description then follow the instructions to install it once the malware fox setup is complete press the scan button malware fox provides real-time protection against all these threats it will remove all malware from your pc it is available for 14 days full feature trial after that you can get the membership for a nominal fee click on next to remove the detected threats that's it for this video if it does help you press the like button and share the video with your friends we keep uploading videos related to computer security so subscribe to our channel and press the bell button to make sure you don't miss anything