Yes… It happens. How can you be sure though?
We found this great article on the Kaspersky website and we thought we would share it with you this week. Here it is:
There is a number of signs or symptoms indicating that your computer is infected.
If you have started to notice weird things happening on your PC, such as:
- unusual messages, images, or sound signals;
- CD-ROM tray opens and closes voluntary;
- programs start running without your command;
- messages are displayed informing that one of your programs is attempting to access the Internet without your command.
Then it is likely that your computer is infected with malware.
Additional signs of email infections:
- Your friends or colleagues tell you about having received emails sent from your email box which you did not send;
- A lot of messages without a sender address and subject in your mailbox.
- It must be admitted that such signs are not always explained by presence of malware. They may have some other explanation. For example, the issue with weird emails may be the result of somebody sending infected emails with your sender address from some other computer, not necessarily yours.