PLE has all the "bells and whistles" ;)

sounds like you need your PC throughly cleaned out and WIndows re-installed! DUnno how proficient you are with computers though, not to be taken lightly.

important note, if you decide to buy a new PC and sell old one:
SMASH your old hard drive up (Carefully of course), if you've been buying stuff online, too damn easy to get passowrd info out of it otherwise.
or at least format it and install windows and give it to a really good friend!

this is my suggested PC build for a kick ass PC
http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/tutorials/htm/33.html

sometimes viruses or antivisruses block access to .exe files, viruses so youcan't download apps to get rid of the nasty infection, antiviruses to stop you getting infected.

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