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My computer keeps on restarting when I am downloading stuff via irc.

My computer works fine when I use bittorrent even with 9 torrents of 5GB each. But when I download something via IRC it freezes in about 10-45 minutes of starting the irc download, I tried stopping Bittorent but it doesn't change anything, I thought it could a heating problem so I used an external fan which didn't stop the problem.

I tried mIRC, [a-S]mIRC and X-Chat 2, all have the same problem.

The two things that happen are the computer screen freezes (only happens when I am downloading 5 or more files via irc at the same time), or the computer screen goes blank suddenly and it restarts (normally when downloading less than 5 files).

I have ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta and AVG-AntiVirus.

Well, my Anti-Spyware doesn't show any spyware on any scans, it has the latest update too. Also AVG-AntiVirus says there are 12 virus's but it never cleans them.

So I am installing AntiVir and rescanning my PC.

Can someone tell me why my computer freezes/restarts everytime I download via IRC? Also can you please tell me how to fix this!

If you need more information just ask. And please help me.

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