Okay...here's what I did...anyone know if this is a good idea?

I downloaded this program called Autorun that shows you everything that "autoruns" when your computer is set up. I rebooted in safemode, found everything that was dated today or lacked a date, deleted all of them with Autorun and in my C drive. Rebooted, and voila...I'm back on the net! Yay for me!