can a wireless Netgear USB get hacked?

I have a Netgear USB wireless on my 2nd computer which will not work now.(been working fine prior to this incident described below)

I found in my system tray an icon to which records all of your activities, to which noone in my family installed. It required a password to view, to which none of us knew of course.

In trying to rid the computer of the spy program, we tried all of the Ad Aware, housecall online scan, my PC Tools antivirus & other online scanners, nothing detected it. (everything updated fully)

Ive done the msconfig/services & startup, along with the rest of the options there. I also did the ctrl alt delete & no programs listed there out of the norm.
Weve done a system recovery & a system restore to a prior date that we knew the spy program was not there, and that's when the Netgear USB adapter wouldnt work even though the spy program icon is no longer there.

Weve done 1 system recovery also & the Netgear still will not work.

Any help is greatly appreciated & thanks in advance.

-jay & tina

 

>> I found in my system tray an icon to which records all of your activities, to which noone in my family installed. It required a password to view, to which none of us knew of course. <<

What is the suspicious the "spy program" called? It would help us - to help you - if you tell us the exact name of the program in question (the name of the 'system tray' icon, etc).

Good Luck!

 

If you did a recovery, or a system restore , you will have to reinstall the software for your router. ed