Signs Your Computer Might Have a Malware Infection

Our computer is like a member of our family, when it doesn’t “feel good” or something is wrong with it, we can usually tell. We might not know exactly what is bothering it, but we have a feeling that something is wrong and we want to do everything we can to make them all better.

How Can You Tell if Your System is Infected With Malware?

Let’s look at 10 signs that your computer might have a malware infection:

1. It’s Running Much Slower Than Normal
If your computer is normally setting speeds records jumping from app to app with ease, then it suddenly grinds to a halt, taking an eternity to perform even the most basic tasks, such as opening the calculator app, this is a sign that you may have a malware infection.

Six Ways to Tell if a Virus Really is a Virus

We've all been there - you get an alert from your virus scanner warning that a particular file is infected. Sometimes the alert reappears even after you've told the antivirus scanner to remove the infection. Or maybe you just have reason to believe the virus alert may be a false positive. Here are six things you'll want to consider to determine how to handle a suspicious or questionable virus alert.

1. Location
As with real estate, the location of what's being detected can have a critical bearing. If you're getting repeated alerts of the same infection, it may be due to non-active malware that's trapped in the system restore folders or a remnant in some other location that is triggering the alert.