How will I know if my Windows XP has a virus?

He tries to stop after the first two loading screens and I'm trying to see if a virus is the reason why.

If you think that your computer has a virus, it is important to know if you have a real or whether it is another problem. There are telltale signs that may indicate whether or not you have a virus. Look and listen to find out if you regularly the following types of questions; Then, you can resolve your virus if you have an and recover your computer to good health. If you don't have such problems, consider other troubleshooting
 
Looking for obvious changes. Look to see if there are changes to your desktop, your Favorites or in how your computer behaves in general. If your desktop icons have moved or if something has been added to your desktop, it's a sign that you have a virus. Look in the "Add/Remove Programs" section of the control panel and see if there are any programs that you forgot to install. Often a virus will install other programs that cause problems. If you have a new toolbar in your web browser, it is another sign that you may have a virus.

Disconnect from the Internet. If your computer behaves differently when you are connected to the Internet, it is another sign that you have a virus. One of the main objectives of many viruses is to steal the resources of your computer. When you're not online, a person at the other end is not able to get to your resources.

Check your speed. One of the ways to know if you have a virus if your computer is running more slowly. Sometimes, the computer will run just a little slow, but after having a virus for some time the computer will become extremely slow in all this. Disconnected from the Internet can speed up your computer, but with the malicious virus, that it may not matter if you are connected to the Internet - virus will use your resources just to cause you problems.

 
Beware of errors. If you get strange errors or just more errors that do things like close your programs or you to restart your computer, there is a good chance that you have a virus. Sometimes the errors are normal, but they shouldn't happen constantly. Keep a log of when you get errors, what you were doing when it happened and how the error was.

Listen for the noise. If your computer is a lot of cracking noises accessing the drive hard if you do nothing, then it is probably controlled by a virus or a person who set up the virus. Most of the time when you are not using your computer it shouldn't do anything.

Inspect your security software. Check if your anti-virus, firewall software or updates of Windows have been changed or disabled. If you have security, but it is not up to date or not good enough, a virus to disable the software to give and other viruses more access
 
Run the malicious software removal tool
 
Download and install MSE to scan to install security software if you do not
 

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