Possible virus/malware...?

Hello,
Kind of an odd question here, looking for advice from folks who know something about viruses and malware.
So today I had to go onto a website for work that required IE to run correctly. I pulled out my old PC laptop that I haven't used since I got a Mac a year ago. Said PC was already starting to fall apart, and was itself probably full of malware. In any event, it hadn't been updated, or turned on, for ages.
Once it boots up, I turn on the wifi, connect to my home network... and suddenly the internet in the house stops working. I try to go online with my Mac and it won't connect. I turned off the old PC, but the wifi still wasn't working for a good five minutes or so. It finally came back on.
This could just be placebo from fear that my old PC screwed everything up in the house, but I'm suddenly aware of the sound of my Mac's hard drive running even when my computer is at relative rest.
Anyways, the past fifteen minutes were a little weird tech-wise. I guess my question is, should I be worried that my crappy old PC jacked up my wifi network with malware when I booted it up, and that somehow may have affected my Mac? As of right now the computer appears to be running fine.
Kind of a far-fetched question I know, but I know virtually nothing about this sort of thing. The internet in my house randomly ceasing to work right when I turned on the old PC could be just a weird coincidence, but figured I'd ask anyways.
Thanks in advance for any responses.

I'd think that it was a 'weird coincidence' as you say.
If it happens again, you may want to reset your router to factory settings. I don't know what type of router you have but there should be a method for resetting to factory settings somewhere in your manual.
Good luck,
Clinton

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