The best tool to look with is Startuplist.exe
From: http://www.castlecops.com/zx/Merijn/startuplist.zip

Pay atention to where it is saved on your hard drive. Then double click on the file "startuplist.zip" to un-zip it. Then double click on startuplist.exe to run it. It will creat a text file that you can email, post here and also print it for future reference. You can Google each program name, post it here or send it to one of us to review. I'd recomend that you then notate the text file as to what each starting program is then print your copy. As far as baddies, or resource hogs we can deal with them if any show up. Speaking of which, you don't want to pass on any personal info so edit out any that might show up under your computer's name or file and directory names.

You should have the following forms of protection:
From here: http://100-downloads.com/
Anti-spyware * Spybot Search and Destroy
Anti-adware * Adaware SE
Firewall * Zone Alarm

Also from:
fromhttp://www.grisoft.com/
Anti-virus * AVG Anti-virus

And from:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
A safer browser than Internet Explorer