My grandpa's computer started acting up. What could be the problem?

Question

My grandpa has a Dell XPS T500 computer. It currently has Windows XP as the OS and is about 8 years old. Yes, I know it's really old. Anyway, it started acting up and it's taking a lot of time to load simple web pages. The thing is that just a little while ago it was working fine. Is it just plain old or could there be a bigger problem?

Answer 1

It could be many things , but i suggest doing a immediate spyware scan with adaware this seems to be the problem for most pcs suddenly turning slow lately.

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