Well, to begin with, I'm new and my name's Jess, and I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong spot, but I'm totally desperate.

A few months back, I suddenly started getting a mass of pop ups, including one that would set itself as my homepage routinely.

I downloaded Spy Killer, and it seemed to fix some of the problems although I was still getting a c**pload of pop ups.
I was told that this was just normal internet stuff, and that lately everyone was getting masses of pop ups.

I've been dealing with this for a while now, and then two days ago, I was using my Internet Explorer window and trying to go to a different address, and the animated flag that shows that things are working started to flicker, like it was freezing up, and the entire window suddenly closed. When I tried to reopen another one, it flickered again and close. But I'm still connected to the internet every time this happens. My AIM service works, just not the browser window.

I was told when I went looking for help that it was probably some sort of Plexus problem. I was then told by someone else that every time this happens, I should shut off my internet service and disconnect the phone line as someone could possibly be controlling my computer remotely.

I run Spy Killer everyday, and other than that, I'm clueless as what to do.
I have no idea where to go, and I was hoping that maybe someone here could offer some advice, since you all seem to know your stuff so well.

Thanks!