Common symptons of computers running on Microsoft Windows infected with a virus or worm are:
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- Slow. The computer is getting slower and slower to start up and shut down. Applications take longer to load. Websites take longer to load. It takes longer to open a file or a folder. The mouse is not that responsive any more. Music and videos are not playing correctly.
- Frozen. The computer screen is frozen. You are unable to do anything. Applications freeze. Mouse not clickable.
- Crash. The computer crashes with blue screen, fatal error, or illegal operations. It may shut down by itself or unable to restart.
- Programs dead. Some programs may not run and need re-installing.
- Files missing. Some files or folders disappear from your hard disk.
- Devices not working. Drivers driving devices like CDROM corrupted and thus the CDROM is not working.
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