There are going to be a lot of programs in the Add/Remove program listing you're not going to recall installing -- like your audio drivers and your modem drivers -- or browser plug-ins like Java that you don't ever "use" in the sense of opening them yourself.
And there are going to be names in msconfig you won't recognize but that perform vital tasks in your computer.
I strongly advice against removing anything without Googling it first to find out what it is and whether or not it's spyware.
Start by running Adaware and Spybot. Then you can check everything else over at leisure.
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