Command prompt is the best virus detector in your PC. Surprised???
How can a simple command prompt detect a virus? Does this mean that a command prompt is much more better than anti virus? If a command prompt can detect virus, then what's the use of having an anti virus? Common questions that will suddenly pop into your mind after hearing that a command prompt is the best virus detector of a PC. Here let us answer each question one by one.


  1. How can a simple command prompt detect a virus?


  • Even when you just finished formatting your computer, there's still a chance that the cd you used has a virus on it. So what you need to do is to open your command prompt, not by running it by using run but running it manually. Start-all programs-accessories-command prompt. When you open this program and your pc has a virus on it this program will force your computer to restart. This virus is a trojan or worm.dll virus and has the lowest risk.

2. Does this mean that a command prompt is much more better
than anti virus?

  • NO, A command prompt can only detect it but cannot do anything about it. Unlike anti virus that can either fix or delete a virus and clean your registry a command prompt cannot only detect it and force your computer to restart.

3. If a command prompt can detect virus, then what's the use of
having an anti virus?

  • As what i have said in number 2, anti virus is the one that will remove the virus and/or at the same time can also detect other virus. Command prompt can only detect a certain number of virus and cannot do anything about it except restart your computer to prevent the virus from spreading.