Ok just ran ad-aware twice. First deleted 230 items but it froze at the end of the deletion process. Ran it again and got everything clean, followed by a followup-scan to make sure nothing was missed. Peace out Hotbar! sukka
So now I just need to rid of some popups here and there. Thanks all, I appreciate the help.
Also, do ad-aware and spybot go hand in hand together, or will they both basically do the same thing? (id rather keep from installing another program if possible)