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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.