Symptoms of a Virus/Malware Infection

[geohac]

Hi everyone,

I would like to share my new page with all of you. It's about common symptoms of a malware infection.

http://www.selectrealsecurity.com/virus-symptoms

I would appreciate any feedback. If I missed a symptom, please tell me.

[bo.elam]

Nice list, geohac. It feels real nice not experiencing any of this symptoms in a long time. Disabled task manager?, happens plenty of times when people get bad infections, maybe it can be be added.

Bo

[J_L]

Your computer shows strange error messages or popups.
Your computer takes longer to start and runs more slowly than usual.
Your computer freezes or crashes randomly.
Your desktop background has changed without your knowledge.
Your programs won’t start.
Your security protection has been disabled for no apparent reason.
You cannot connect to the internet or it runs very slowly.

These can be caused by registry cleaning, and other horrible things users does to their systems.

[geohac]

That's very true Bo, but novice users typically don't know anything about the task manager. Thanks.

JL, I've added a note. Thanks.