Problems w/ IE, won't download.

I've attached my hijack this zip log file. For a while my PC was having issues that IE was showing up multiple times on my task manager process list, even when I wasn't running it..and it would continuously eat up more and more memory until my system slowed to a halt. I ran spybot and that seemed to stop it, but now when I try to download a file from an internet site, the popup box to download or save the file just blips and dissapears, so I do "save target as" when I can and get the file that way...but then when I try to open the .exe I download...nothing happens.

any ideas?

 

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I'm having major problems unfortunately. W/ my issue I cannot seem to get any program to download or run, so I cannot install the necessary things in your list. I had hijack this installed on my PC already.

Also, I cannot find my windows firewall (I know where it should be) to change the settings on it..and when I right click on a network connection and try to select properties, it blips on the screen for a second and dissapears as well.

I'm sorry I can't follow all your instructions, but I hopw you understand that I have tried.