I just downloaded MC 1.4.4 and seem to be having some major issues. I get this bug that makes tiny flames pop on and off the screen. Each flame only stays for a fraction of a second before it disappears, but there are a crap load popping on the screen every second; it appears as if MC is sparkling. The problem persists even after I switched to the default texture pack and unpatched my MC (Yeah, I use mcpatcher. What of it?). I need to know how to fix this. I am not very good with computers so just be prepared to answer stupid questions.
The problem has finally stopped, not really sure why. Minecraft has randomly closed a couple of times; I will just assume that is Mojang too.