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Spyware and computer viruses are a big problem that nearly all computer users face. The greatest defense against these parasites is awareness. If you visit web sites of questionable integrity or if you download files frivolously, you are taking huge risks. Many viruses these days are programmed with very harmful intent. They can log your keystrokes on your computer so that banking information is compromised. Granted, we've used probably the worst case scenario for our example, but this is a very real scenario that happens all the time.

What is Malware?
A program or file that is designed to specifically damage or disrupt a system, such as a virus, worm, or a Trojan horse.

What is Trojan Horse?
Trojan Horse is also known as Trojan or Backdoor Trojan. This is an application that allows web hackers to make ample changes in your system. But this is not a virus by any means as it cannot reproduce itself.

Capricorn Solutions DoctorFollowing list consists of top 10 signs that you computer system or computer network is infected by a malware:

  1. Your system frequently shuts down spontaneously, even if you don't use it.
  2. Your Internet connection slows to a crawl even while you are not doing anything significant.
  3. Your Virus scanner crashes and can not be started again.
  4. You are no longer able to visit antivirus sites.
  5. Your hard disk fills up and you can't find the files that use up all the disk space.
  6. Your system suddenly attempts to connect to random IRC servers.
  7. Your mail server is extremely busy processing outbound mail.
  8. Nightly incremental backups are suddenly much larger then usual.
  9. New user accounts show up and nobody knows who added them.
  10. A given server (web/ftp/mail) keeps crashing for no apparent reason.

These are just a few signs that your computer system or computer network may be infected by a malware. Often, systems that are infected will spread to more systems on your network. Furthermore, malware outbreaks are commonly followed by similar viruses that exploit the same vulnerability which compounds containing malware outbreaks on unprotected systems. Because of this, malware removal in a network enviroment can be a very complicated process and time consuming process.

We can help remove computer viruses from your computer network, servers and workstations. After completely disinfecting your systems, we would then help implementing a solution that will protect you from future malware outbreaks.

If you need help, we have Security Experts at your disposal that are willing to give you full attention and as much time as necessary to either coach you on how to keep your files safe or to safely remove threats from an infected machine.

We guarantee to solve your software problems to your satisfaction and are available for you when you need our help!

In most cases however, we are able to solve malware problems remotely without invading your personal home or office privacy and without causing interruptions to your business. 

Remote support is our preferred method, however when severity of the problem prevents us from effectively performing necessary repair procedures, rest assured it will be our priority to pick your system up for in-shop repair and bring problem free computer back to you as soon as it is possible. Our general turn around time is 24-36 hours for in-shop repairs including pickup and delivery.

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