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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 11:00 AM Mar 2014

Symptoms of (Malware/Virus) Infection

http://www.malwarehelp.org/symptoms-of-infection.html

Sometimes, there are obvious signs that there is malware on your computer, sometimes there is not. At first, the signs are subtle; your Computer seems to have a mind of its own. Malware programs contact other computers for various purposes and each of them is a program of its own, therefore they use system resources such as CPU cycles, memory and an Internet connection. A sudden change in how your computer is running could be a sign of spyware or adware. The really hard part about spotting spyware symptoms is that they often appear to be normal Web or computer operations. So, you may not recognize them as a symptom.


Below are some of the symptoms that may reveal that you have malware operating on your computer. Note that a few of these symptoms could also be from a number of other reasons.


Spyware Symptoms – Symptoms that may indicate a Spyware infection


One of the oldest and most common spyware tricks is to automatically change your Web browser's default or start-up homepage – the page that first appears when you start your browser or click the "home" button.

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Symptoms of (Malware/Virus) Infection (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2014 OP
Thank you for posting this, Steve LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #1
try running Super Anti-Spyware steve2470 Mar 2014 #2
+1 on SASW, good program IMHO n/t Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #6
Thanks, Steve! LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #7
one other suggestion.... steve2470 Mar 2014 #3
I ran it, but I have no idea what's supposed to be running LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #8
you'll have to google the exact name of the process steve2470 Mar 2014 #9
Good read, TY steve n/m Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #4
my pleasure EBM ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #5
 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
1. Thank you for posting this, Steve
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 11:47 AM
Mar 2014


I've had a lot of strange things going on with Windows 7 lately. It takes forever to start and Word has a small blue circular symbol (the one that means it's "working" instead of a cursor) that makes using Word unbearable. My husband found something online that recommended changing something about the printer. I tried it; no luck.

My suspicion is that this is some kind of MS trick to force Windows7 users to switch to Windows8.

I've run Spybot and MalwareBytes but they haven't found anything. Neither has a Norton security scan.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
2. try running Super Anti-Spyware
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 11:51 AM
Mar 2014
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

I'd say it's just as good as MalwareBytes. You might also have some stuff running in the background. Fire up Task Manager and take a look.
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