Removing Viruses (and other types of malware)

To put it simply
getting hit by malware (e.g. viruses, Trojan horses, worms, etc.) sucks.  Sometimes it can be caused by doing something simple or not very obvious or other times it can be caused by doing something dumb.  As the old cliche goes, "There is no use crying over
spilt milk because it only makes it sour for the cat".

All you can do
is try to clean up what you can.  Modern malware