help virus! Created 20 years ago2004-04-05 11:41:47 UTC by high_voltage

i think of got a bugger of a virus, so tell me if this sounds familiar. My PC starts fine but after an unpredictable length of time it'll just click into standby mode, and all i can do is just turn off the thing at the switch. I then have to wait half an hour before i can re-activate it.
My OS is windows ME which doesn't help, but is there a free decent program with which i can run a sweep over the whole hard drive?
Of course this could just be a self-preservation device built into the PC which is frankly on its last legs. Any help?

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