Signs of Virus Infection or Spybot Infiltration

• Popup ads appear when you are not surfing the Internet
  
• Your homepage changes automatically to a different location
  
• Your system runs slowly, even with only a few applications open
  
• Your system is using more memory than usual
  
• Unusual messages or displays on your monitor
  
• Unusual sounds or music played at random times
  
• Your system resources are low unexpectedly
  
• A disk name or volume name has been changed
  
• Programs or files are suddenly missing
  
• Unknown programs or files have been created
  
• Some of your files become corrupted or suddenly don't work properly
  
• Internet connection is slower
  
• Your system "crashes" often
  

Signs of Impending Hard Drive Failure

• Clicking noises are heard coming from your hard drive
  
• Your computer freezes frequently
  
• Your computer takes a long time to boot up

    

Please Note
	The information presented on this page is not intended to be a diagnosis of any symptoms your computer may be exhibiting or a suggested course of treatment.  It is provided as a guide to common problems that many users are currently experiencing.  If you are experiencing any of these problems, please see your computer technician for a complete analysis of your computer system.