Top 10 Symptoms That Your PC May Be Infected
How do you know if your computer has a virus, worm, Trojan horse infections, spyware, malware, crimeware or any other known type of infection? Obviously, everyone is different PC, so it’s up to everyone to keep an eye on the cause is known and documented.
1. Sluggish performance now compared to what it was when the computer was new.
2. PC longer to boot.
3. Unanticipated shutdowns and restarts.
4. Your PC freezes and you can not do anything; mouse will not move and may show an hourglass or an equivalent symbol, but it’s still frozen and even the Windows Task Manager will not open.
5. One web page opens.
6. Site or your browser’s settings are changed.
7. Pop-ups appear when you’re surfing the net. It can if you’ve seen an offer to buy something, and decided not to go to close the page. This is not an infection, it is known as the OTO – a one-time offer to buy lesser products with lower prices, for example.
8. Pop-up Alerts Saying You Have An Infection.
9. Toolbar appears and you do not install them.
10. Emails that you do not send or post you did not create.
There are also other obvious signs such as the money will disappear from your bank account, high phone bills, or use iTunes, for example.






