I am no computer genius, but this is what I would do. First, go to download.com and download spybot search and destroy. This will not only locate the spy/adware, it will remove it. There are other spy/adware removal tools on the website, but this one is supposed to be the best. If it doesn't seem to work any better, after restarting your computer and running the program, move to plan B.
Save all of your important files to disc and reinstall your operating system. This will hopefully bring you back to how your computer ran on day one. After reinstalling your o.s., then download any updates that you may have missed for windows or os or whatever you have, which can also be found on download.com and other websites. However the easiest way to do this, if you have Windows, is to click the tools menu of your toolbar in internet explorer. Then click on windows update, and it should give you a list of updates that you have missed. Download them. Then reinstall your drivers(installation cd's) for your printer and such. Then, finally, go and download spybot search and destroy from download.com. Really I have heard only good things about it. Good luck!
