SuperDutyFiver wrote:
It's probably not economical to pay someone to work on your computer considering it's age.
I like the idea that if you don't have a fatal hardware issue, it could be viral-Do you have a system restore available? Going back to an earlier date may help.
I'd download 'malwarebytes' from CNET onto a flashdrive on another computer if you can't track back and then install and run it on your machine and see if it picks anything off.
It will not stay booted long enough to run anything. AVG was installed long ago, but has not been recently updated. Thanks,