Alien Remote Desktop and wireless weirdness

I have been having intermittent connectivity problems with my MB the past couple days at the office. Airport shows full power connected to my Belkin WEP-protected wireless router. However, when I try to get online I get a spinning beachball and "server can't be found." Then, other times it works OK. If I move out of my office to another part of the office building the problem usually goes away.
Here's the 1st weird thing: all the other Macs in the office work fine, including a mini that is 10 feet away from my MB. Internet browsing is fast and uninterrupted.
2nd weird thing: under "Shared" on my sidebar there are two screen icons with names like "ubuadm's remote desktop." I do not have Remote Desktop turned on on any of my computers. There are lots of wireless locations listed under the Airport icon when I click on it, so I know my office neighbors have devices on. My questions: Is someone possibly getting into my computer (firewall is on)?? Or, am I just getting interference from one of my neighbors? What can I do to remedy this situation? Thanks!

I found, menu Setup: uPnp. Add a Service Management item.

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