# Virus removal charges **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523 "2010-09-15T07:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523/10 "2010-09-15T08:28:36Z")
> [@CRASHARAMA TONITE!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crasharama-tonite/35036/19): > > Yeah, I just told the security guy where they are on the machine and told him to get them himself :rofl > > It depends on the virus really…if it’s one of those AV2010 or something virus’…I know where those reside and remove it manually. I scan either way just to be sure. Oh scanning afterwords is always a good idea, once the machine is “clean” i usualy run something to scan it anyways, once in awhile I’ll miss a registry entry etc… Depending on the virus it takes anywheres from 10mins to maybe 30 to get rid of it manually. It requires keeping up on a lot of the diff types of files and locations they like to affect, but Its nice to get rid of it that quickly and spend more time on making sure it’s running correctly, and cleaned up so when the customer gets it back its like a brand new machine. and also much less prone to other virus attacks. A lot of good free alternate DNS services that block malicious websites We are veryy thorough --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/virus-removal-charges/254523)._