Five Signs Your Computer May Have A Spyware Infection

For this article, I thought go ahead and give five signs that your computer May have some type of spyware infection.

These days, spyware is everywhere. As anti-spyware to strengthen, spyware continues to become more difficult. Therefore, in my opinion, it simply can not count on running a spyware scanner to tell you if you have an infection by spyware or not. You must be able to see other signs that in May you have a spyware infection. Because let's face it, unless you have some type of spyware that will care 24 / 7, you may have an infection between the scans with spyware that you use a scanner. And if you go weeks between scans, spyware can damage your computer.

Now, just because you have an opinion in May of these signs does not guarantee that your computer is infected with spyware. It is still possible, it is not. However, in my opinion, one note of these signs is sufficient reason to initiate a scan as soon as possible. Anyway, let's get right to the signs. Here they are, in no particular order.

1. Iexplore.exe

Try looking at the list of processes running on your computer. (Ctrl + Alt + Del - Processes (Windows XP)). Iexplore.exe do you work? Well, if you view the article in Internet Explorer or Internet Explorer in the background, then do not worry about IEXPLORE.EXE see in your process list. However, if you close Internet Explorer or that you restart the computer and Iexplore.exe or IEXPLORER.EXE is clearly running when you do not have Internet Explorer, it is a sign that you May be infected with spyware. Many types of spyware and viruses will also be in the process Iexplore.exe confused with Internet Explorer. I have seen this happen several times when fixing computers.

2. Pop-Ups inexplicable?

Pop-up can be a problem for some users who do not use pop-up blockers. May it be common to go to websites and the experience of many pop-ups. However, if you have pop-up yet you do not think you should all, May is a sign of infection. May this be when you are surfing the Web, the first time you turn on the computer, etc. If you experience this, run a scan!

3. Infection Warnings?

Have you received many warnings of an infection of your computer? If so, the warnings in May of the infection itself! Spyware programs that displays fake alerts to help you to download spyware is becoming more common nowadays. Several times, they use boxes pop up on your shelf window to warn you. They do so because these boxes to look legitimate and appear to come from Windows. They are not! I can not imagine a scenario where you will get any kind of box like that unless it is from a spyware scanner that you already know. Even if you think this box in May from your scanner, play it safe and do not click the box. Just open your scanner and scan regularly.

4. Start-Up Items

Another quick way to search for a possible infection is to look at a list of elements specified to run at startup. Now you can do without needing to download all the programs. But I recommend downloading a program like boot manager, you can easily make a list of what is running at startup.

In any case, look at the list of items running at startup. None have been added since the last time you checked what is running at startup? If there are new articles and you do not recognize, in May this be a sign of a spyware infection which is scheduled to run when you turn on your computer.

5. Home of different browsers?

And finally, if you open your Internet browser and your homepage has changed, it is certainly a sign that you have a spyware infection in May. Change your home page the browser is one of the oldest tricks in the book of a Spyware Infection. If your homepage has changed and you did not run a scan!

If you remember to look for these signs, you just have a spyware in May before discovering infection spyware from your scanner. Remember though, before running a spyware scan, always update first!