Few Signs That Your Computer is Infected with Viruses
One common question we here is “how do I know I have a virus?” Well here are a few clues or Signs.
- Everything slows down and feels sluggish. You might find the computer is running harder in order to perform the simplest tasks, and it may feel hotter die to the amount of energy it is using.
- Starting up the computer takes a long time. You could have malware which needs to be started up at the same time, slowing everything down. You can check to see which programs start up when your computer does by clicking on the start menu, then run and type in MSCONFIG and start up. If there is anything you don’t recognise this could be a virus or malware. Google the name of the file to check if it is anything legitimate.
- If you have more toolbars on your browser that is a good indicator that spyware has been downloaded. The spyware will track how you use the computer and gather information about you.
- Your browser crashes frequently will definitely be a case of an infection. You may find that your homepage is changed which is caused by the hijacker trying to send you to a website which is infected.
- Your browser loads to a page you aren’t searching for. You can be sure your computer has been hijacked and infected if the address bar isn’t loading the page you have requested.
- When you try to access your folder options you may not be able to if you have a virus. Check by going into My Computer, clicking tools followed by folder options. See if you can access the hidden and system files or if they are read only. You can change them from this window if the virus has been removed, but if it hasn’t you will need to do a scan and delete the infected files first.
- Type in the name of your hard drive followed by :/autorun.inf into your search bar in the start-up menu. You have a virus if this opens into a notepad file and has an unidentified file or EXE reference.
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1 Respones to "Few Signs That Your Computer is Infected with Viruses"
Thanx fr these imp. tips:)
22 May 2013 at 08:49
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