The following symptoms may indicate you have spyware infecting your computer:

• Your computer performance has slowed dramatically.
  
  
• Your Web browser suddenly closes or stops responding.
  
  
• While viewing a Web site, other instances of your browser open and display Web site advertisements.
  
  
• Pornographic sites keep popping up when you surf the Internet.
  
  
• Your computer dials phone numbers in the middle of the night to expensive pornographic chat lines.
  
  
• New sites are unexpectedly added to your Favorites list.
  
  
• New toolbars are unexpectedly added to your Web browser.
  
  
• Your home page is changed and the new site displays every time you open your browser.
  
  
• You get pop-up advertisements that use your name even when you aren't connected to the Internet.

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