What are the symptoms of a computer attacked by viruses?
It depends upon the type of virus:For Malware:Your computer takes much time in starting up.Even after starting computer you realize that computer is freezing a lot or at least it is slower than it should be.Your computer will experience BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) where your computer will crash and restart.You see annoying Ads on your desktop and on your web browser.Your Antivirus software goes inactive or disappears.You see, often, unknown tab openings and unknown site access without your access.Unknown apps in Task managerUnknown programs in folders, especially without icons.A lot of random activities on your desktop.Change in folder options.High network activity even if you are not doing anything.For Spyware:Hard to say, not much, you might feel computer slowdown or not. Spyware don’t cause any destruction, it just collects your personal data and sends to it host (virus creator).For Ransomware:All your files are encrypted (that means you can’t access them). You see an app window saying if you don’t pay prescribed amount of money your files will be deleted and there will be a countdown timer which is the ultimatum given to you.
Can you print-screen during a bluescreen error?
All normal functions do not work for the blue screen of death. Use a digital camera to capture the image of the screen on your computer. Set the camera to no flash on high resolution and make sure there is sufficient lighting. Then take a snapshot of the screen.Download the image on another computer and print out the error screen or email it to your tech person.
Computer virus, malware, blue screen of death, internet issues?
Recently, I discovered that my computer was infected with viruses and malware. I was using the computer when the computer suddenly crashed into the "blue screen of death" (http://www.actionit.ie/Polar-BlueScreenOfDeath.jpg). The weird thing was that the computer only crashed to the blue screen after I logged into my computer account (I have window 7). The computer was fine as it loaded the intro screen and login screen, but it crashed afterwards when it was loading the desktop. So I went into safe mode, and the computer didn't crash. There, I tried my best to rid the computer of viruses and trojans, but I believe some are still there. There is one weird trojan that has a random name aksgko... (dunno, but it was realllly random), but it said I didn't have access to remove it in my anti-virus program. I cleaned the registry and restarted the computer into normal mode. The computer did not crash into the "blue screen of death" for the first 10 minutes when I logged into my computer account, but it crashed anyway. Currently, this is my 2nd time using the registry cleaner, and the computer isn't crashing yet. But another issue is that now, I can't use the internet on that computer (I use an Ethernet cable). It says that i'm connected, but I can't use it. I looked at the internet properties, it says "IP V4 Connectivity : Internet" and "IP V6 Connectivity : No network". When I try to load a page, it says "Error 102 (net :: ERR_ CONNECTION _RUFUSED)". And when I tried to connect through usb, it says "unable to connect". I am currently using another computer in the house, and the internet is working just fine. How do I fix the virus, blue screen of death, and internet problem? Thank you =)
Computer shut down to protect data?
It could be a virus, but sometimes it doesn't have to be to recieve what you've got (BSoD -Blue Screen of Death). It could also have been certain corupted system files or hardware failure. The blue screen of death is meant to protect data as well as provide you with information on the stop error (in which you can use to troubleshoot it). Also, the reason you didn't have time to read it because by default, windows is set to restart everytime this occurs.
My Dell dimension 5150 computer wont load windows.?
Your probably going to have to reinstall windows, just put in your windows cd, set your boot options in your bios to boot from cd/dvd rom and your on your way. Just follow the on screen instructions and make sure that you choose to install a fresh copy of windows. Note: if you have lots of music, movies, and pics that you need to recover before the reformat, download a Linux Live CD like Ubuntu so you can get into your C: drive and copy these things over to dvds or another computer in the house that is networked to yours (if there is one) I just did this on a friends computer the other day to save 100gb of movies