I complete agree with Webwench, everyone including the high-speed folks should consider firefox. All the internet geeks love this product for its speed and easy of use. If all you use is IE you should consider downloading the product below, and just trying it, it's free and it is amazing. If you have problems with pop ups, homepage constantly changing etc, this will solve it...
If I had to liken firefox to a tool, this would be the nifty bent wrenches that Mercedes Sources Sells to remove you’re injectors; while IE would be the strait ones. The straight ones work, and everyone has them, but the bent ones get the job done easier and painlessly.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/