I have this computer illiterate wife, can u please help me prove to her when did a virus came on her pawnshop?

Question

computer, my first time turning it on and i see that the pc is going slow and error messages. so my question is, is there anyway i can detect the day of a virus came on this computer, mind you i am on this pc now, but she was told how they could get there....so she think i open up bad email or how ever you get computer viruses. please help

Answer 1

Just a little FYI, just b/c the computer is running slow it can be anything from a Virus, Malware, SpyWare, Adware ect ect. Malware can be downloaded into your computer just by GOING TO a Website (malicious Scripts are written that you don't see nor do you know anything is being installed on your machine), you can get infected by clicking on Pop UPs ect ect. So before you go accusing your wife of doing something bad, try understand the process of how these things work, it's not like the old days where you only got viruses from crack and porn sites, you get them from sites that look legit nowadays.

Answer 2

From the Windows Help And Support Center:

"Event Viewer maintains logs about programs, security, and system events on your computer. You can use Event Viewer to view and manage the event logs, gather information about hardware and software problems, and monitor Windows security events"
"To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Event Viewer"

The best thing is that Event Viewer logs the user that was using the computer at the time. Plus the time and the date it was being used.

I Hope this helps alot. Good Luck!

Answer 3

According to your description,there are some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow and error".You need to clean you PC.
Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner to make your pc faste.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of
TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.registry-Cleaners.info

You can download and scan your PC for free.

Answer 4

yes there is a way to tell. when you scan for the virus and find it, before getting rid of it, do a search on your system for the file name and check the date on it. when you see what you want, get rid of it. then scan the system again.

Answer 5

Read the security article here http://www.mbusbyuk.info/security.html and then go to the Useful Links page on the same site.
Good Luck!

Answer 6

why do you have to prove her wrong? just say that you did it, and maybe you'll get something tonight...make her happy, that's what married couple is about......