The problem could easily be hardware-related, but since you say the computer is in another country, troubleshooting will be rather difficult.
Possible hardware causes could be:
- Faulty power supply (as already mentioned)
- Bad RAM
- Faulty video/network/etc. card
- Faulty motherboard
- Ventilation/thermal problem
If you want to start eliminating software causes, I'd start turning off all unneccessary running programs and processes/services one at a time. Also run a spyware/adware removal program like SpyBot or Ad Aware.
If you get the system as pared down as possible but it still freezes, it's most likely hardware.
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