So I thought maybe some update process was happening in the background and I thought maybe I could stop that with the Task Manager. That just happened again with Firefox, so I tried to access the same website with Explorer and the same thing happened. Then when I try again, the browser window will lighten like I'm looking through a screen and the title bar will display the message that Explorer (or Firefox) is not responding. It started with a recurring problem I've had while using Firefox and Internet Explorer I'll click in a search field and nothing will happen.
First of all, I think the fact that Ctrl-Alt-Del isn't working for me is due to a mistake on my part, not a virus.