However, with the right guidance on what to look out for and how to keep alert of these problems, you can cure this mechanical mishap in no time.

First of all, a contagious problem that many computers catch on to is regular pop-up advertisements. When you click on to websites, you will instantly be blitzed with unwanted adverts that do not have any connection with the website you are currently on.

You will find that nine out of ten times, these ads promote adult websites.

Also this may occur as soon as you press the on button, your operating system is finished starting up and suddenly another unnecessary promotion hits your screen. This is a sign that a spyware has slithered its way through your computers security guard and will need further looking in to.

Secondly, if your settings suddenly change and you cannot revert these changes so that they are back to the way you had them before you can suspect that a spyware or unwanted software has done this. For example if your home page on your internet browser is changed or search page options. Even when your computer is restarted this will not help the problem.

Thirdly, another distinguishing problem that comes along with spyware is if your web browser has added elements that you may not recall downloading. Unwanted software has the power of controlling your tool bars on your web browser, adding parts whenever they wish.

If you have tried to remove these tool bars before, they will simply come back each time you turn off and turn on your computer again.

Fourthly, a symptom that is regularly associated with diseases within the human system is sluggishness. When you are ill your body goes on shut down mode and moves a lot slower than usual. Similarly, when the computers system has been infected with the unruly, persistent disease we call spyware; this will decrease the computers efficiency. This means your computers loading time to start up programmes or browse the web will slow down drastically and maybe even cause the whole system to crash. So if you realise a particular programme is crashing countless times or has decreased in the speed it needs to perform the usually routine everyday jobs, you will know that this is due to the unwanted spyware.

Here are the four main symptoms that your computer will come down with if the system has been infected with spyware causing trouble and turmoil to your machine. This means the competent computer will slow down and will be unable to perform to its maximum potential.

There are however things that you can do to cure this problem if you act quickly and you can have your old computer up and running in no time at all.

So as soon as you see the prior signs we have mentioned in this article, act immediately in order to get rid of this unwanted software that has breached your computers security system.