10 Symptoms of a Virus Infection

10 virus symptoms

Programs take longer to load. Memory-intensive operations take a lot of time to start.

A change in dates against the filenames in the directory. When the virus modifies a file the operating system changes the date stamp.

The floppy disk or hard disk is suddenly accessed without logical reason.

Increased use of disk space and growth in file size-the virus attaches itself to many files.

Abnormal write-protect errors. The virus trying to write to a protected disk.

Strange characters appear in the directory listing of filenames.

Strange messages like "Type Happy Birthday Joshi" (Joshi Virus) or "Driver Memory Error" (kak.worm) appear on the screen and in documents.

Strange graphic displays such as falling letters or a bouncing ball appear on screen.

Programs may hang the computer or not work at all.

Junk characters overwrite text in document or data files.