Thank you Fed, much easier way to do that Did we ever establish if this thing was clean?
Ewido/AVG Anti-Spyware Online Scan
Panda ActivescanThanks, Fed. Did I miss the pwoer SUPPLY somewhere? The history of this machine WOULD be helpful as well, but that didn't get mentioned other than given away, did it?run a livecd like knoppix and see if it runs slow

this may help you DEDUCE if the problem is hardware or softwareOk, did the ewido test, nothing found. I'm not really SURPRISED. It's not connected to the internet, so the only way it would have been INFECTED would have been through my usb flash drive. Since i don't have internet i wasn't able to do the panda activsecan though.
The best i can give you for the power supply is that on a serial tag it said SN:S51G00340E01205, on a sticker it had 9TPWR2004A, and on a label it had S/N:0311161 Model NO:AM630BS20S Achme. It's also got some power values on it.

I don't know anything about the history, sorry

Finally, akmal.avloni, i'm not sure what you meanAn older 200W PSU...i'd consider replacing it.