Yes, the first step is to taste and see. I'm sure as the study of details takes up more and more time
The light will break through. Curosity has led many to see what it is that draws them so.
Jesus is Lord and His love draws us all close.
I wish you luck.
I try to use an old XP machine for most of my online stuff, for which I have a clone backup. When it gets infected, and Windows gets changed around, I just reinstall the clone back-up. It takes about 10 min. I've had a lot of virus and/or hacking problems over the last year even with a firewall in my router, and software firewalls and anti-virus on my other computers.
Maybe you can do a system restore. If you do and it restores a ‎Mac OS X Snow Leopard system to Windows 8 can you rightly call it a "restoration"???
Worked for Joseph.
I think taking it to a competent repair person beats a walk in the woods.