In a cyber world infested with numerous viruses it is almost necessary to have a good anti-virus on your computer. We at the IT dept know that your data is important and hence install anti virus in every computer that goes out of our doors. But it might not be enough your home computers or flash drives might still be infected and capable of wrecking havoc if gone unnoticed for long.
Here are a few things you can do protect your computer from an attack:

• Install a good anti-virus on your computer. Make sure it scans your PC every now and then.
• Clean your external Hard drives and Flash Drives regularly.
• If you connect your memory device to an infected PC make sure you clean it before connecting it to another computer.
• Do not open executable files (with an .exe/.msi extension) received from an unknown source, or an email.

If even after all this you get infected then clean your PC.
Virus Removal - TrendMicro Removal Tool:

1. Boot computer by restarting and repeatedly pressing the F8 key and selecting the "safe mode with networking" selection when prompted.
2. Run all Windows Critical Updates for your computer by going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and clicking "scan for updates."
   NOTE: Any "Critical Update" is automatically selected for installation during the scan for available updates. After the scan has completed, click "Review and Install Updates" and then click "Install Now".
3. Create a new folder on your desktop by right clicking, selecting "New" and then selecting "Folder."
4. Download the Windows "pattern file" from http://www.trendmicro.com/download/viruspattern.asp by clicking on opr/cpr link and within that page right clicking on the link for "AS/400, S/390, Windows" and clicking "Save". Save it to the folder created in Step 3.
   NOTE: The pattern file is updated on a near daily basis. Please update the most current file each time you wish to run this tool.
5. For Windows 98/2000/ME or XP Home, download and install Winzip from www.download.com if you do not already have it installed. For Windows XP Pro, right click on the file, and select Extract All.
   NOTE: When extracting, be sure that the location you select is the folder that you created in Step 3, not the default location given.
6. Download the sysclean.com tool at http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com and save it to the same folder that you extracted the pattern file to (the one created in Step 3).
7. Double-click on the sysclean.com file.
8. Click scan to run the sysclean.com tool. This tool reads from the pattern file you downloaded to determine what needs to be repaired on your computer.
9. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect and http://help.msu.edu/protect to learn how to keep your computer protected so you are not infected or hacked again. Also, visit http://help.msu.edu/virus to stay informed on new threats, fixes, patches, etc.