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What are the symptoms of viral infection?

There are various kinds of symptoms of viral infection. These include specific messages, playing music and graphical displays. However, the main indications are changes in the file sizes and contents or changing of interrupt vectors, the unaccounted reduction in the amount of RAM in the machine are important indicators. Although difficult, the change in code in partition or boot sector can be spotted. Longer Disk access periods can also be an indication.

It will be wise to suspect a virus for any unexpected behavior in the machine.