Thursday 1 March 2012

Symptoms of a spyware problem

Your anti-spyware software reports that your computer has spyware.
The computer would slow down when browsing the internet.
You see web pages impersonating online bank log-in page for example.
Some unwanted software will prompt you with pop-up ads that aren't related to a particular website you're visiting.
Ads for adult or other web-sites you may find objectionable, keep popping up.
You see pop-up ads as soon as you turn on your computer even when you're not even browsing the web.
Computer was running considerably slow.
Computer is back to its slow performance even after a spyware scan had removed spyware.
Hard Drive activity is considerably increased. Hard disk activity light keeps flashing whilst the laptop is idle.
Your usual internet browser is replaced by some little known search box that is sluggish with search results

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