How to identify if Your Computer or laptop is infected with Viruses

If you think that you have a good Anti viruses and your computer can not infected by viruses then it is wrong because some viruses are not detected by your anti viruses and they make your computer and laptop slow down.

What is computer Viruses?

The computer viruses is piece of code that disturb the normal working of your computer or laptop.

Causes of viruses attack on your computer

There are following causes of viruses attack on your computer or laptop.

                 I.             You are using Antiviruses that is outdated.

               II.             You have opened Email that was containing bad attachments, never try to open attachment file of                          Email that is received from unknown person.

              III.            You have download some malware by mistake.

              IV.            You have attached a virus’s infected Mobile Devices/Memory Cards & Pen/Flash Drives to                         your computer or laptop.

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Following are some sign that occurs when your computer is infected by viruses.

 Sign to identify is your computer is infected by Viruses

1)     Your computer or laptop slow down

When your computer or laptop is infected by viruses then its working process got slow. if you open any application then it take more time to open. This is the common identification toward attack of viruse on your computer or laptop.

2)     Hard Drive disappear

Sometime if your computer is infected by viruses then your hard drive become hidden you Can not see any partition of your hard drive. Every time you want to open any program or try to access any data then it show a message that your Hard Drive is not available.

3)     Popups on internet browser

When you are using internet on your computer or laptop and you see many popups appearing on your internet browser then this is sign of viruses attack.

Additional toolbar and link are appears in your web browser then this is sign of viruses attack.

4)     Desktop Icon disappeared

If your computer is infected by viruses then you will notice that some time when you refresh your computer then some desktop icons will disappeared from desktop. The is effect of viruses that is disturbing working of your computer.

5)     Your computer got Freezes

When you try to open some application on your computer then your computer stop responding and got freeze then this is sign of attack of viruses on your computer or laptop.

6)     Slow down Start-up

If your computer is infected by viruses then its start-up got slow, and you have to wait for many minutes to start and shutdown your computer or laptop.

7)      Printer stop working

If your printer has stop working and when you sent file to printer then it not reach to the printer then your computer has been infected by viruses.

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8)     Installation error

If you received error when you try to install new applications on your computer then it is sign of viruses attack on your computer.

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