I wouldn't be surprised if some of these things haven't learned to live and defend themselves.
Creepy. Like some sort of sci-fi thing or something.
I don't know what version of windows you are running, but you might try shutting down non essential tasks by hitting ctr-alt-del at the same time and then ending each unneeded task. Then try running adaware.
You can also search for "cws shreadder" on google and run that.