it is very easy to remove virus from a mobile
phone, when your device gets infected by any
virus. There are simple procedures to follow to
scan and remove viruses from any gadget like a
cell phone or a tablet.
First of all you have to verify whether it is
actually infected or not. This can be found by
common symptoms and signs that indicate the
presence of a virus or a ‘badware’.
The most common signs of a virus being present
in a mobile phone are:
1. Slow Functioning: Your entire handset will
become very slow. If you open the menu, it will
load after 2-5 seconds. Also all the softwares and
apps will take double the time to open. In short,
your handset will suck!
2. Frequent Freezing: Your device will freeze very
frequently. It will get stuck all of a sudden and
hang. You will need to restart your handset and
sometimes it will not even switch off. You will
need to remove the battery and insert it again
and then start your device.
3. Switching Off Automatically: Many a times, your
device will switch off automatically without
informing. This will happen for more than 3-5
times a day!
4. Restarting: Sometimes instead of switching off
automatically, it will restart frequently.
5. Not Booting Properly: Sometimes, the virus can
corrupt the OS very badly, so much so that your
cellular phone will not boot properly i.e it will
display a blank screen or it will get stuck at the
logo when switched on. It will not proceed
further.
6. Failure Of Some Apps: Some of the applications
will not function properly.
Depending on the type of the virus, we will try to
repair the damage. The repairing procedure should
be step by step, so as to preserve the data
present.
Virus Removal Steps:
Step 1: Install a good repute antivirus, update it
and then scan the entire phone memory as well
as the MMC card . If there is any ‘malware’, get it
cleaned or deleted. If the fault prevailing gets
solved here you are the most lucky person! Or
else proceed to the next step.
Step 2: Try by resetting the phone to its original
settings. This option is available in all phones in
the settings menu.
Step 3: If the problem is not resolved, you will
have to format (hard reset) the entire phone and
the memory card. In most phones, this option to
format is available in the settings menu. For
Samsung phones, including Android ones, you can
simply format by typing *2767*3855#. This will
format the phone memory (internal memory). Now
you will have to format the memory card (MMC)
as well, because the virus may have spread to it
also.
Step 4: Most of the virus related problems will get
solved by now. But some virus even corrupt the
OS as well. In such cases, the problem doesn’t
get resolved even after formatting. It will get
repaired only after flashing your mobile phone.
Conclusion:
If you have the backup of all the important data
present inside, you can simply format the handset
as well as the memory card to remove all the
infections. Here, the important thing is we have
to try to prevent data loss, if there is no backup
of the data.

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