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SIGNS YOUR PC MAY BE INFECTED: 1. You can’t access all websites the way you expect to. For example, some website appear as normal, and others do not. 2. A program on your computer is badgering you to pay for something or click on something and you can’t make it stop or go away. 3. Your bank or credit card company has notified you several times in the past year that your credit and/or debit card number has been stolen. 4. Your PC is running more slowly than you expect. TYPE OF “FIX” PROs CONs DESKTOP SECURITY SOFTWARE If you’re not already running an up-to-date anti-virus program, now is a very good time to start. These programs excel at protection (keeping malware OFF your PC), but they’re less effective at removing malware that got past the protection. ONLINE TECHNICAL SUPPORT Real live technical people can be very effective at detecting and removing malware from infected PCs. Today’s malware is sometimes not possible to detect and remove from a remote connection. A technician may need hands-on access to your PC in a shop. GET A FIXMESTICK Provides external, hardware- based removal of infections that cannot be removed by software security programs. It’s a physical device, so you can’t download it. You have to order it online or pick it up in a store. HOW TO TELL IF YOUR PC IS INFECTED (WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME) Computer viruses are painfully difficult to detect and remove once your PC gets infected, but how can you tell if your PC is infected in the first place? Here are a set of guidelines put together by the engineers at FixMeStick that you can easily follow by yourself. © 2013 FixMeStick ® www.fixmestick.com ®
