I cannot access Microsoft website or make Google.com my home page and I feel as though someone has sent a virus to my computer.
It does sound as though you have a virus and/or spyware on your computer. I’ll take you through the symptoms of viruses along with ideas for what you can do to get rid of them.
Virus Symptoms
One of the many virus signs that an infected computer will show is a change in performance. The computer tends to work more slowly, exhibiting unusual behavior. It also refuses to perform tasks that it used to perform. Additionally, when searching on the Internet, your searches might not appear as expected.
In general, you will see one or more of the following symptoms if your computer is infected with a virus: system slowdowns, rebooting, freezing, crashes, locking up, audio problems, missing data, file corruption, and other glitches. Viruses often exhibit other strange symptoms such as: missing files, weird messages, strange text changes, or strange sounds. Hardware and software symptoms and virus infections are often similar, making ruling out virus infections one of the first troubleshooting steps for most any type of computer problem.
Virus Blocking Websites
In general, the inability to search a specific website would not be a hardware issue, but would indicate the presence of some form of malware or virus. If a virus blocks a web site, it often redirects you to a different one that is often filled with other forms of malware. In particular, you can generally tell that you have an infection because your searches are conducted more slowly and often take you to websites that you didn’t request. Virus makers now actively block computer security websites, including Microsoft, to make it more difficult for users to download detection and removal tools.
The signs of a virus infection should immediately prompt you into taking action to run a thorough virus scan to remove the infection. Once the infection is removed, your computer’s performance should go back to normal. If you already have an application that scans for and removes viruses, you should update and run it now. If you don’t have one, then I can recommend the following one: Anti-VirusPLUS. It will also remove any spyware infections that you have on the computer.
