The 5 signs of malware: if you discover if you are the victim

- Who suffers malware on his PC is not happy. It can seriously hamper the speed and functionality of your computer and cause a lot of problems. But how do you actually discover that you suffer from malware without immediately perform a full system scan?

The best way to discover if you have malware, of course, is indeed performing a system-wide scan. If all is well you do it all automatically, but what if it is not, what are the signs of malware?

If your computer just from one day to another slow, this could be a sign that malware on it. Particularly where simple applications such as calculator suddenly opened very slowly.
  
    
     
      
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Because malware can in the background demand a lot of processing power, allowing your computer has no system resources left for your own tasks.

Your browser assumes the strangest moments off to another site. For example, you open Google and you land on a site that you do not know with some unknown search engine with all sorts of advertising. Also, you know that you are suffering from malware.

When there appear constantly pop-ups on screen, even when no browsers are open, you may assume that your malware (or at least crapware) have on your PC. Again, the intention is to make money because people on these pop ups and clicks are sent to Web sites.
  
  
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Appear constantly pop-up threat alerts from security software that you do not know. Software that mainly encourages people to take action now (or else...). Fear is always a good trigger to make people less after thought. Run as fast as possible a scan if you suffer from this kind of messages.

Check the task manager regularly on processes that you do not know.

If you're in the job managing your system processes encounter you do not know and who are not normally, this could be a sign of malware. Search the Internet for the name of such a process to see if it is in fact something ongewensts.

Also run such processes often constant, even when you are not using your computer. If you drive activity and such notice when there is no backup or maintenance processes underway, it's a good idea to check for malware.

Suddenly messages appear on Twitter and Facebook from your name that you did not have installed. That something is going on, that's for sure and it is important in order to do something as soon as possible, because often provide those messages sure to infect others. Incidentally, it does not necessarily have to be that you have malware on your PC, it may be that your social media account 'normal' has been hacked.

The same goes for e-mail and other communication tools. People suddenly get strange emails or messages on your behalf? It may be that you are hacked, or you're dealing with malware.

Some malware ensures that your antivirus program does not work, or that some system tools can not be loaded, so as to detect the malware and harder to remove. If you find that such programs do not run properly, you can get the best look for an alternative scanner to see if you are indeed dealing with malware.

Malwarebytes is a handy free anti-malware tool.

It is not always the case that your computer has such symptoms. Sometimes you anything. But if you suspect that you have is always a good idea to scan your computer with your current scanner plus a second scanner for a second opinion, in case your scanner is affected by the malware to do with malware.

Okay, so you've discovered that you are suffering from malware, what can you do about it? Like greased lightning install software to protect you against it and help from. Because really, the year 2015 can not really function without this kind of software. The question is not if, but when you start experiencing malware. Examples of good free software Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2. 0 and AVG AntiVirus Free 2015.