Have you ever wondered… how to know if my PC has a virus, is hacked or intervened…? In this article we will provide you with the information you need in an easy and simple way to protect your computer from these threats.
It is important to know what to do, since our computer houses a large part (if not all) of the personal data and passwords that we use for bank transactions and email accounts. But first we will inform you of the symptoms to suspect that our PC has a virus or is intervened.
10 Symptoms that indicate if your pc has a virus or is hacked
- If your computer runs slower than usual.
- When you turn on your computer you notice that the startup processes are exaggeratedly slow even when entering Windows for approximately 5 minutes, it is already worrying.
- You are on the internet and you see that your browser automatically redirects you to pages that you did not request.
- Another piece of information is to see that a number of pop-ups are constantly being opened to you , usually it is advertising. Although there are indeed websites with this kind of ads, what may concern us is if the ads are excessive. Although there are ways to disable or block these windows.
- If when you open your browser (Google Chrome, internet explorer) and suddenly you notice new toolbars with new buttons that you have not included, it is an indication.
- When error messages appear indicating that a file cannot be deleted.
- If you are working on a program and it quits unexpectedly on a regular basis.
- You start to notice that certain photos cannot be seen, you cannot open or other documents, then your files are corrupt, so it is a strong suspicion that it is hacked .
- When you enter the internet you see that the browser has a different search engine than the one you usually use, and it does not show you by default the one you had.
- If it starts to appear constant windows notifying errors of Windows system files.
If after analyzing all this data you have had any symptoms, it is likely that your PC has a virus, has been hacked or intervened by external entities. Although usually viruses are more subtle when it comes to entering the computer. They can even lodge in the boot system, they are called boot viruses and they can be removed.
Non-antivirus method to remove virus from PC
- If you are on Windows, go to Start and in the Search line type ” cmd ” and then Enter, another option is to type “command prompt”. A black background window will open, ready for you to write the CMD command list.
- Transcribe this command: ” netstat -noa ” and then the Enter key. This instruction allows you to discover if there is a connection that is being used by a virus.
- You are going to focus on remote IP addresses, whose status is ” established ” (Indicates that a process is implemented in the system, consuming connectivity resources).
- Open the web page “Whatismyipadress.com”, click search IP and you are going to paste or type the remote IP address with status “established”, press the button “get ip details”. Note: Do not write the numbers after the colon (:).
- It will show you the origin of the IP address, if it comes from a recognized organization … etc.
- Another way is to write down the ” pid ” (unique code for each process).
- You go to Start and open the task manager, the services tab.
- Compare the “pid” with the “pid” reflected by the task manager. In this way, we will discover who is behind.
With external help to prevent your pc from being intervened or hacked
You can go to the spydetectfree tool, it is a free spyware detector . It is detected automatically, it is downloaded from the worktime.com page. Another excellent antivirus is anti-malwarebytes, it is free, it helps you prevent or eradicate viruses. As you can see, we have many tools such as firewall, antivirus, anti spyware and anti spam to protect our PC
At this part of the article you will already know if your PC has a virus, is hacked or intervened. If it has been useful to you, you can send us your comments or questions to continue providing more information. Helping to add more well-informed users and armored computers.