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Parasites are small software apps that attach themselves to other
programs such as web browsers and windows explorer and cause all
sorts of havok on your computer system. Most use your network connection
to bombard you with advertising or spam, whilst others are very
harmful to locally saved data.
symtoms:
Your browser keeps opening loads of popup windows, especially on
sites that don't normally have this type of behaviour.
You are experiencing delays when accessing sites which are normally
fast.
404 / 500 Error messages occur more regularly than normal.
You are missing files.
You are getting a lot more spam or junk mail than normal.
solutions:
Check out at this site whether you have any simple to spot parasites.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/
Keep your anti-virus software up to date.
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