Computer keeps freezing

[thebratt73]

lately my computer has been freezing up if i open a page the page doesn't show up at the bottom of the screen and when i go to x out of it it does nothing and if i do ctrl alt del the box is empty also when i click on my icons on my desktop nothing happens it's weird one min it will be working fine and then the next nothing i have no idea what is going on plz help

 

[Tmagic650]

Sounds like you have a virus or other malware infection

 

[thebratt73]

computer freezing

I also forgot to mention when i restart my computer a box pops up and it says error loading c:\windows\mshtonte.dll the specified module could not be found so what do i do to get rid of the problem

 

[Tmagic650]

Are you in the USA?

 

[thebratt73]

yes i live in the united states

 

[Tmagic650]

That error comes up as "nothing found" in Google. What antivirus and antimalware programs are you running? While you are at it, what are your computers complete specs?

 

[thebratt73]

i use malwarebytes,sybot s&d and avg 2012 also have superanti spyware pro but don't use it often specs are emachine EL300G-02w windows xp home edition with sp3 amd athlon 2650e processor nvidia geforce 6150SE intergrated 160GB hard drive 1GB ddr2 memory

 

[Tmagic650]

This is an old eMachines so all bets are off... I suspect that the motherboard is failing. I have a 2 year old eMachines on my bench right now, it's motherboard was bad. It is up and running with Windows 7 and a new motherboard... sorry for this info