Can I fix this myself?

[technical.angel]

Pedersen/ Draggy/ TA...ideas?

Cute

Better late than never, eh?

FK, how much RAM do you have? (Sorry if you posted it already, I didn't see it)

(Start-> Right click My computer-> Properties -> __ of RAM)

It might just be me, but while none of the processes stood out, the NUMBER of them did.

Someone else suggested this, but run this.. http://www.merijn.org/files/HiJackThis_v2.exe

Just save a log, don't try to make any changes. C&P the log here, or PM me with it. That gives a pretty good overview of the computer.

The amount of RAM is very important though.

A word on anti-malware.

You said you were running the free version of Ad-aware. While that's well and good, that's not protecting you. It'll pull your fat out of the fire, but won't keep you out of it in the first place. A program like Spysweeper works like an antivirus. It'll keep an eye on your traffic, and block something before it gets in. Just a thing to keep in mind.