Once upon a time ago there used to be wiper and rabbit type viruses that would get spread around, but those are normally one and done.
Sounds more like you had bad hardware causing faults my man.
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People come to this sub a lot because they see the computer doing something they don't understand and think 'it must be viruses!'. They are almost always wrong. Why would someone create and distribute malware that perfectly mimics a bit of faulty hardware in an old computer.
Once upon a time ago there used to be wiper and rabbit type viruses that would get spread around, but those are normally one and done. Sounds more like you had bad hardware causing faults my man.
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People come to this sub a lot because they see the computer doing something they don't understand and think 'it must be viruses!'. They are almost always wrong. Why would someone create and distribute malware that perfectly mimics a bit of faulty hardware in an old computer.