How do you know if you have a virus?

Systems which are affected with viruses act erratically. Sometimes the virus will identify itself with a message giving its name on the screen of your computer monitor. In extreme cases, enough data and/or programs may have been destroyed to prevent your computer from successfully booting.

Does your PC have any of the following symptoms?

•         Programs taking longer than normal to load and execute.

•         Disk access taking longer than usual.

•         Unusual screen activity.

•         Hardware malfunctions.

•         Files are disappearing.

•         Strange files appearing.

•         Warning messages appearing.

•         Vindictive or threatening messages.

•         Disk drive lights coming randomly without reason.

•         Memory or disk space reduced.

•         Increases in program file sizes

•         Apparent data destruction or contamination errors.