[vox-tech] Linux Computer Infected

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Rod Roark (rod at sunsetsystems.com):

> Sounds more like a hardware problem. Open it up and vacuum out the
> dust, especially from the CPU fan. Then run a memory test (probably
> available at the boot screen).

Definitely could be.

One way to test this hypothesis is by booting and using a desktop system
from a live-CD (by which I include live systems on USB flash drives, etc.) 
Linux distro, as has been suggested separately.  If the problem
reproduces using that entirely separate bootable system, that strongly
points towards a hardware problem.