Thanks for the advice!

I will try to follow it as soon as I get the
chance. I don't have spybot but I've been meaning to get it. It
would definitely be nice to get rid of the adware which is a hangover from when I installed Kazaa (the adware is all
Gator, which I know is from Kazaa with one occurence
of Cydoor) The virus is Remacc.Radmin. I have no idea
what it is, but as I said it infected a few files I never execute
which I think I will blow away to be certain.

best regards!