Lately when I have been listening to music (using MusicMatch) I have found that the music starts to slow down it's tempo so that each note & lyric seem to drag out. When I run to the computer to check on it, I keep finding pop up windows advertising different products or services. It is not an Internet explorer window though. This not only annoys but also scares me that someone has control over what my computer does. I am not entirely sure that MusicMatch is the culprit though. I did upgrade their software recently, but this also happened when Musicmatch was not running. The only other program I have installed lately is Media Jukebox. Is there any way that I can block this or if some program is running in the background is there a way I can detect it so I can fix this problem. I am a little paranoid right now. By the way I am running XP HOME on a Cable internet connection. Would a firewall help? If not what can do the trick?
Thanks for any help you guys can give.