What is a Root Kit Virus?

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Are you wondering about the disappearance of some of the most vital data and software on your laptop or desktop machine? Your computer may have a Root Kit Virus spidering out into your hardware causing big problems with your programs and the functioning of your machine.

What is a Root Kit Virus?
It is a software program, which is designed to invade and hide vital programs and compromises the machines efficiency. The Root Kit Virus has some malware incorporated into the software which can cause problems with the programs running on the machine. This Virus will in beds itself into your computer eventually leading up to the failing of your antivirus to execute and function to remove the

Root Kit Virus…

Where does the name Root Kit Virus come from and how does it function?
The name Root kit is derived from the administrator’s functions called root and kit. In comparison to other viruses in scale, the Root Kit Virus is one of the most harmful to your machine. Since the virus downloads in the running processes out of sight. Most users don’t even know they have been infected until they go looking for a program only to find them not there. The Root Kit virus activates while your system is booting up.  Root kits are hard to remove once installed into a user’s machine, due to the virus being very hard to detect in a computer.
What is the best way to combat the Root Kit Virus?
First and foremost make sure you have a recent backup of your data. You can call our friendly staff at Computer Geeks Online and have them walk you through this process if you do not already have a recent backup. The removal of the Root Kit Virus can be very tricky to complete. Since the virus attaches itself to the boot sectors and the registry. If your do not know what you are doing and remove it the wrong way your machine may be unusable, causing the user  to reformat windows. However this is not always the case and if you are skilled enough this virus can be removed successfully with a number of scans and tweaks to your machine. Call our staff at Computer Geeks Online at 1-888-901-Geek (4335) and we will be happy to help you.