DID YOU KNOW: How do you tell if your computer has a virus? Is your Windows computer infected? Learn to recognize malware infections and signs, symptoms that will tell you if your Windows PC has a computer virus. In this post we will see some of the symptoms of malware infection, that will tell you if you computer was compromised or infected with computer virus. Symptoms of Malware Infection The typical symptoms that your computer may have been compromised are: 1. Change in your browsers home page or default search 2. Your web browser hangs or becomes sluggish 3. Your computer starts behaving sluggishly or hangs often 4. You are unable to open security-related sites or Microsoft domains. 5. You get re-directed to web pages you did not intend to visit 6. Unexpected toolbars in your browser 7. Security software or Firewall disabled 8. Your security software throws up warnings or its icon turns red or something. 9. Pop-ups while browsing, unknown or excessive 10. Balloon Notifications from your system tray 11. Excessive CPU or Memory utilization 12. Internet or data transfer activity – Modem appears to be working overtime 13. You start seeing unexpected Windows error messages 14. Some programs start automatically 15. Some important Windows functions or features disabled. Eg, Task Manager, Registry Editor, Control Panel, Command Prompt, etc. 16. New unknown unwanted software installed, etc. 17. You see new icons on your desktop suddenly. If you see any of these signs, if is quite possible that your computer may have become infected with a virus or malware. Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced many security features in the operating system which were further improved upon in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Nevertheless, should your computer get infected with malware, there are ways to remove malware infections. Message me for help removing any infection.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:06:01 +0000
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