I have a bit of a problem. I think I have either some sort of spyware, ad ware, or possibly a virus. I checked out the suggestions I found here for which programs to download to check for those things, but my computer refuses to download anything. When I click a link to start a download, the box pops up and it just sits there and says "getting file information" but it won't go any further. If I let it sit long enough it will give me an error message that says that it cannot find the download site. I have tried at least 10 different downloads and none of them will work for me, but my friend can bring her laptop here and download anything just fine, so it's not my connection. I've also noticed that in the last month or so, my internet explorer has gotten slower and slower until finally it's so slow now that it takes at least 5 minutes for a page to load. My memory has been being eaten up by something as well. I keep deleting all my temporary internet files and cookies after every web visit, but my memory keeps running dangerously low. I have had to delete all of my music files just to keep my computer running. I know I need to run a spyware program, but I need to be able to download it first.
I am running Windows ME with internet explorer 6. My system is an E Tower 400i3. And I have dial-up.
I'm so confused right now. Thank you for your time.
