I had heard that it may be attributed to the latest IE patch that was just released...did you install that?

 

Yeah. But that was a few days ago. It just started screwing up yesterday.

 

A common cause of slow/jerky scrolling is the presence of CoolWebSearch spyware.

To find out if that's the problem...and get rid of it at the same time if it is...download and run CWShredder (link to the download is near the bottom of the page).