What are some symptoms of virus infection?
If your computer is dramatically slowed, has frequent lockups, is freezing, crashing, or restarting automatically, you may have a virus problem. If you have a loss of critical files, some programs dont work well or fail, your antivirus software is crashing, your operating system becomes unstable, or you get strange error messages, you may have a virus problem. How can you tell if you are infected? One way to check if you suspect that there is a virus, or any program that you did not install running on your computer, you can CHECK your System Resources. Close all programs and go to the Desktop. Press CTRL/Shift/Escape to pop up the Windows Task Manager window. At the bottom of the window you will see CPU Usage expressed as a percentage. Normal is 0%-5% because there is usually activity on your computer. But, if it jumps up from there, you likely have other programs running in the background. How can you protect your computer network and data? • Always run well rated, up to date virus sc
