A real-life example of malware and how its spread

[Jared]

The following is a screenshot of what malware attempts to do after it finds its way on to your system:
https://gyazo.com/9f318f255869900be76098af1cc7605e

What it attempts to do is find your email contacts and it emails each one of them attempting to spread itself. Properly protected computers can identify these types of threats easily and stops them before they start. Over the years IAPS has seen hundreds of client infected computers attempt to email us viruses, trojans, and other types of malware and all have been effectively stopped.

[davidjones]

My system takes too much time to boot up. Some of my programs take longer time than normal to start. I am getting so many unwanted pop-up windows on my screen while working online. Please tell me Is there a problem with my RAM or there is a serious malware issue. Also tell me the procedure of identifying infected files in my system.

[orson]

As a start, run Ccleaner or HitmanPro to identify and remove any threats that are actually on your system. I've used both at various times and both work.

Block "pop ups" using the settings in your browser.

Always use a firewall and anti virus program.

Please let us know what spec your system is if you continue to have problems.

[Jared]

As far as anti-virus, malware, and firewalls go, I'd highly recommend Eset Smart Security 9 to handle all of your above issues. Its what I use personally and its never let me down.

[Blue]

It sounds like you've contracted some malware david, the best thing anyone can do is be aware of the sites you visit and don't click links nilly willy, also, a lot of so called free software is a notorius source of viruses and malware.
ESet is good and they also have an online scanner. You can scan online at their site;
http://www.eset.com/my/home/products/online-scanner/

The best solution is to not get infected but if you do, it depends on the bug as to how difficult it will be to clean out.
Most run of the mill malware comes from free downloads and flashy web sites. A good anti-virus/malware product will usually clean things up. But sometimes even that won't do the job and the next step is to try a system restore but unless you know when you got the problem, selecting which restore point to restore from will be problematic and may not work.

Do the online scan and get a good av/am program. Also install adblock plus to keep ads that are traps from tempting you to click on them.

If a scan of your system shows you're fine, or it removed the problem, be sure to do a regular cleaning. As Orson noted, CCleaner is good for that in removing temp browser files and others.
Also, at least every few months run your systems disk defragmenter to keep everything running smoothly. Installing and uninstalling programs can after a while really gum up the works.

Good luck.

[davidjones]

Thank You guys for your recommendations. #Blue I have downloaded your recommended online scanner. I will ping you again for the Queries.

[Blue]

Hope you have resolved the issue.
I have to say that recently my am/av program has been blocking website connections quite a bit recently which I presume have been 3rd party connections because the web page displays fine.
I swear by AdBlock Plus for either IE or FF because it has saved me so much grief. And recently it's been reported that not only malware but ransom-ware has been used in ads on web pages. Gladly I don't even see any of those because of ABP.