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Symptoms of Infection
If your computer suddenly starts acting up and exhibiting strange behaviors, you could have a virus infection. Many of the symptoms of a virus infection are also symptoms of other problems, making it necessary to find out whether you have a virus problem or a hardware issue.
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Before you begin troubleshooting hardware issues, your first step should be to rule out a computer virus. By doing so, you’ll save yourself a great deal of effort. If your problem turns out to be a computer virus, you won’t have to replace the hardware.
Symptoms of both Virus infections and Hardware issues include
- system slowdowns
- system reboots
- system crashes
- locked up computers
- application crashes
- random “glitches” on the display
- sound problems
- file corruption
- hard disks that refuse to boot
- disappearing partitions
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Other Symptoms which point primarily to computer viruses include
- strange messages
- weird text effects at the command prompt
- disappearing files
- changed file attributes (file size and time/date stamp)
- strange sounds coming from your speakers
If you computer is showing any of these warning signs, you need to run a virus scan. Even if it isn’t, regular virus scans are a must. Some viruses come with “launch dates” which means you could be infected yet the virus hasn’t activated yet. When it does, let the headaches begin! Instead of waiting, run a free virus scan now!
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need to get rid of toron and other virus
I can only get two or three “overlays” before my computer locks up.
Hopefully, installation of your anti-virus program will solve the problem.
I need an anti-vrus and malware program for Mac OS X
10.2.8
Christine,
Here’s some information that may help: Thanks! The Filetonic Team
http://filetonic.com/blog/2008/11/10/removing-the-toron-virus/
Thanks! The Filetonic.com Team
Hi Brenda,
You might try iAntivirus from PC Tools. We reviewed a bunch of antivirus programs recently on Filetonic and very few are available for Mac. You can read about it here:
http://filetonic.com/blog/2008/10/24/pctools-antivirus/
and
here (the official site):
http://www.iantivirus.com/features/
Good luck! Let us know how it works out for you. I believe they have a free and paid version.
We’re still reviewing antispyware programs. I’ll keep an eye out for those that cover MacIntosh as well…