Fed up of being infected with virus after virus even though you’ve been told your antivirus is “one of the best”? In this article, I will show you how you can protect your PC from viruses, system corruption, and accidental file deletion using free software called Returnil. Returnil makes a copy of your operating system (it’s officially called virtualization) and you’ll be working from that copy. If something bad happens to your “copy” (like a virus infection), you can simply reboot. When you reboot with Returnil (installed and configured), your PC will be back to the point where it was working perfectly (no infections, no corruptions, no removals).
Carefully follow the steps below to install and configure Returnil.
1. Make sure your PC is running in a desirable state (i.e. no issues)
2. Go to Returnil.com and click on products, then click download under “home free”. You will be redirected to Majorgeeks. Under the download button in the middle of the screen, click on the first download link.
3. The file that you will download is a file called RVS_2010.exe.
4. Once the file has downloaded, double-click on it to begin the installation process.
5. Select your language and click OK.
6. Click Next and Accept the license agreement.
7. Select your installation directory and click next.
8. Click Install.
9.Click Finish
10. On the next screen, Returnil will want to do a quick scan of your system for malware. Click Next.
11. After the quick scan is complete, click next. Click Finish.
12. Returnil will now need to restart your PC. Reboot now.
13. When you restart, you will see a green Returnil bar at the top right of the screen. Double click on the Returnil bar to open the Returnil interface.
14. Now we need to create a space on our hard drive where we can save files. Only files saved on this virtual hard drive will be saved on reboot. All other files will not be saved on reboot, hence the power of returnil. Viruses, system corruption, and accidental file deletion all go away with a simple reboot.
15. Click “Define and import”.
16. Click the Virtual Disk tab.
17.Click create.
18. Specify a size (in megabytes), and then click OK. Remember, the virtual disk is just for saving files that you want to keep after reboot. By default, the virtual disk for saving files will be drive Z:. It may take a few minutes to create this virtual disk.
19. Next, click on the System Safe tab on the left. Click the “Enable Now” button and then click OK. Now click the checkbox at the bottom that says “Enable system security when I start Windows”.
20. Close Returnil by clicking the X in the top right.
21. That’s it! The next time something bad happens to your computer, just reboot and everything “bad” will be fixed as soon as you reboot.
Now that Returnil has been installed and configured, it’s time to enjoy your PC without worrying about viruses, system corruption, etc. Reboot, and everything is fine!
