Symptoms of Malware

Regardless of the type of malware a system has been infected with, these are common malware symptoms:

  1. There is an increase in CPU usage.

  2. There is a decrease in computer speed.

  3. The computer freezes or crashes often.

  4. There is a decrease in Web browsing speed.

  5. There are unexplainable problems with network connections.

  6. Files are modified.

  7. Files are deleted.

  8. There is a presence of unknown files, programs, or desktop icons.

  9. There are unknown processes running.

  10. Programs are turning off or reconfiguring