Removing a Poisoned iPod

Still not sure if this is technically a hardware or software problem, but I'm leaning more towards the software side of things.

I'm stuck in small-town Korea with a sick computer and no English-speaking tech support in the immediate area. I'm hoping someone can help.

I recently plugged an iPod into my laptop (a relatively new Vaio running Windows Vista) and have been suffering the consequences ever since. I do not nor have I ever owned an iPod, so when I plugged it in, I saw the “Installing Device Driver” or some such message I usually see when I plug in a new flash drive or similar USB reliant device.

Shortly thereafter, the computer froze and the problems began.

After two weeks, the most I can do is load windows for 4-5 minutes at a time before the system freezes. I can't keep it floating long enough to run an anti-virus program (although I can custom scan individual programs and files.) After a little detective work, I've noticed that every single time I scan a certain folder (c:/programfiles/commonfiles/apple/mobiledevicesupport/bin if I'm not mistaken) Windows is a guaranteed freeze.

I know (or at least think I know) that I have to remove the iPod and it's associated files in order to begin the computer healing process, but after futzing with Device Manager and the Uninstall Program option, I came to the conclusion that I have NO idea what I'm doing.

Any and all help would be much appreciated.

 

I wish it was that easy.

Whatever has settled into my computer freezes it every time I do anything to access the Mobile Device Support file. Which means... yep, freezes every time I try to uninstall it.

I'm trying to get creative with my solutions, but I'm at the end of my rope. Any other thoughts?