Virus scan wont complete - shuts computer down

I try to keep my computer as clean as possible, but no matter what I do, there are CONSTANT issues with these things. Im on my third thinkpad now, the T430, and this one is no exception. Several glitches have begin to arrise and when I do a Malwarebytes Anti-malware scan, it shuts my computer down when it gets to around 180000 files scanned. Could this be a virus doing it? I have re-formatted to factory settings several times, but no windows OS disk to do a re-install. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all, have a great night.

Looking at your first post.
What do you mean "re-formatted to factory settings"?
If you created the recovery DVD's you can do a clean install but I would wipe the partitons first before installing it again. If you did not created them. You'll have to order a set.
What OS are you using? You may have a driver issue but there isn't anywhere near enough information. All I can say is to do a clean re-installation from the Lenovo DVD's for that model and test and take if from there. If Malware crashes it in Enhance Normal mode you likely have a hardware problem. But do the test before any other software is installed. It should run normally with the factory image installed.
T520 Model 4239 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz
Intel Sandy Bridge & Nvidia NVS 4200M graphics Intel N 6300 Wi-Fi adapter
Windows 7 Home Prem - 64bit w/8GB DDR3

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