What should I do about my computer?

For the past few months (6 or 7) my laptop (Lenovo with Windows 7, sorry I don't know a lot about computers) has been getting the blue screen of death. Not often, maybe once a month or less, and it always goes away before I can read any of it.

I scan my computer often (every day about) with Webroot and only a week ago did a virus pop up. I removed it and now my scans are clean. I don't go onto any unsafe websites so I don't know what could be causing the screens.

How can I stop the screens? Is the only option to buy a new laptop, or can I fix my laptop myself?

First you should change this BIOS setting to not reboot after blue screen so you can get the error code.

Ok, press F8 right after the bios screen and try to boot into safe mode.

If you can get there, go to control panel, system, advanced system settings, advanced tab, settings butotn under start and recovery, and uncheck "automatic restart"
This will not allow the computer to restart when it gets the bluescreen error so you can actually see the error.

Then check your disk for errors.

Open Computer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Computer.

Right-click the hard disk drive that you want to check, and then click Properties.

Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking, click Check Now. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select Automatically fix file system errors. Otherwise, the disk check will simply report problems but not fix them.

To perform a thorough disk check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the hard disk itself, and it can take much longer to complete.

To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

Click Start.

First off, make sure you have a recent copy of all your important things like photos or word documents.

Personally, I would try re-installing windows using the restore discs that came with your computer. Next copy all your photos and documents back to your computer.

If after a clean install you are still getting BSODs, then you know you have a hardware problem.