Thanks darksheare. I will do as you advised when I get back home tommorrow.
Welcome.
I will admit that I am only 'good' at diagnosing and fixing a machine if I am physically looking at it and able to see some of it's behavior.
You can also download some malware removers called Spybot Search & Destroy, and Lavasoft's Ad Aware.
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
http://www.lavasoft.com/support/download/#free