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Old IBM having a tantrum

babystep · 2011-01-11 17:42:05

We have an old IBM NetVista desktop running XP, that my son used for internet access with a dongle.Unfortunately he fell victim to one of those pop up adds that says you have lots of problems with your PC but this magic programme can fix it!He thinks it was called antivirus 8 (av8) So now the poor pc wont start up.If you…

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gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite

12 January 2011 at 9:49AM

although i agree if it is just a net and school work system, a version of Linux would probably be one of the best answers in this situation, however we do need some information about the system to say which version would be the best, such as RAM.

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