Help! winupd.exe running all the time

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My computer started running slowly and I had to do a hard reboot on Friday. THen when I came in Monday am, had to do a hard re-boot again, even though the computer had been suspended. My Task Manager shows a file called "winupd.exe" running all the time and using TONS of CPU processing while doing so. I keep "ending the task," but it keeps coming back on. I deleted the Windows update program file, but it's still happening. What's the deal? Do I have a virus? I updated Norton Antivirus, it tells me I have all the latest virus definition, and I scanned the whole system and found no virus.

thanks.
 
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My computer started running slowly and I had to do a
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hard reboot on Friday. THen when I came in Monday am,
had to do a hard re-boot again, even though the computer
had been suspended. My Task Manager shows a file
called "winupd.exe" running all the time and using TONS
of CPU processing while doing so. I keep "ending the
task," but it keeps coming back on. I deleted the
Windows update program file, but it's still happening.
What's the deal? Do I have a virus? I updated Norton
Antivirus, it tells me I have all the latest virus
definition, and I scanned the whole system and found no
virus.
thanks.
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You have a trojan

http://pestpatrol.com/Search/Query.asp?qu=winupd.exe&sc=%
2F&Action=Go

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www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html Spywareblaster
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
http://www.lavasoft.de/ Ad-aware
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html (CWS)cool web
shedder and hijack this
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/ BHO Demon
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