The Network Area Connection 2 , Network Cable Unplugged mean that your network card is not plugged in. If your using a dial up modem and the computer has a network card than this is the norm, and its not spyware or a virus. You may also get this is you have two network cards in the computer, or the drivers loaded twice for the network card. Quick way to disable it is go to your network connections (start-settings-control panel-network connections), find which connection isn't active and uncheck the box that says display status. Let me know if that got rid of it.