windupdate is spyware also web-search
have you tried running spybot you can get it here
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
also you could try running cwshredder from this site
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...load-8114.html
also put your hijackthis in a folder of its own not on the desktop makes it easier to make and then locate the backup files
Max