With so many ways out there to access and exploit vulnerable systems, we need to make sure we’re able to recognize a malware infection in order to prevent and defend our systems. You need to know how to tell if you have malware!
Symptoms of malware infection:
- Slowdown
- Pop-Ups
- Crashes
- Suspicious hard drive activity
- Running out of hard drive space
- Unusually high network activity
- New browser homepage, new toolbars and/or unwanted websites accessed without your input
- Unusual messages or programs that start automatically
- Your security solution is disabled
- Your friends tell you that they are getting strange messages from you
- New, unfamiliar icons on desktop + battery life drains quickly
- You see unusual error messages
- You are unable to access the control panel, task manager, registry editor or command prompt
- Everything seems to work perfectly normal
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