DavidR
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What is your firewall ?
It should be capable of blocking unauthorised outbound Internet Connections.
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it, preferably in safe mode.
- AVG anti-spyware (formerly Ewido). Or SUPERantispyware. Or Spyware Terminator
These are anti-spyware that are more likely to detect the possible trojan spambot, etc. on your system.
The HiJackThis is a good analysis tool to show what is running on your system.