BSOD every ~10 mins of startup

lonegiraffe

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As the title says, I've been having this problem for hours now. A few hours before this I noticed that a slight bump to the pc case can cause the whole system to freeze. Opened the hardware and came to the conclusion that it was a RAM module and reseated it, problem gone. Also, I think that my pc has been infected by a virus/malware, I won't go on the detail of how.

At the moment my pc is being bombarded with BSODs. I'm trying to system restore as I have a checkpoint 3 days ago but can't complete the restore because a BSOD will certainly occur. Common BSOD error messages are

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION

This almost changes everytime a BSOD occurs, but the most common is the IRQL one.

Send help please. I don't know ehat to do anymore. I've tried almost everything but the BSODs are hindering me to fix anything. Your help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Edit: OS is Windows 10
 
Solution
Still sounds like a memory issue. Please test or confirm you tested with MEMTEST86 www.memtest86.com

Run a full pass or until errors.
(may need to go into BIOS to select DVD or USB stick as the boot drive).

*Now, even if it now PASSES I think it likely that the loose memory caused all sorts of data to be CORRUPTED thus you probably need to reinstall Windows no matter what.
Still sounds like a memory issue. Please test or confirm you tested with MEMTEST86 www.memtest86.com

Run a full pass or until errors.
(may need to go into BIOS to select DVD or USB stick as the boot drive).

*Now, even if it now PASSES I think it likely that the loose memory caused all sorts of data to be CORRUPTED thus you probably need to reinstall Windows no matter what.
 
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lonegiraffe

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I'd love to do this but I can't even have a proper boot to Windows and run some tests.

Edit: I can run the test and will get back to you with results. Also if I have to reinstall Windows, can I do it without losing anything? Files, programs etc