> Sorry, but I almost DIED laughing when I read your second to last sentence. Just 43? I'm regularly finding spyware objects in the HUNDREDS - no exaggeration. My most recent? 217. Man, you have it easy. My laptop is way worse, too. I don't even have internet explorer opened (I have wireless internet, though), and popups come up. I leave my laptop on for one night, and the screen is FILLED with popups. It's killing me. Ad-aware's helping, but... Google some more if you want - Adaware only checks for certain types of spyware things. Norton AntiVirus (which you have to pay for) is really really good for finding those Trojans and stuff.

You do know that shouldn't actually happen, don't you? If I ran a search and found 217 bits of malware I'd probably set my computer on fire and bury it three hundred feet down in a lead box. I run Windows, and over the past decade I've had three proper viruses and that's it. If you have a virus scanner checking your incoming mail, a firewall (hardware or software) closing your vulnerable little ports, and maybe some IE security fiddling to disable ActiveX et al, you'll probably never even *need* Spybot or AdAware or anything. Saying that you found 217 infections is a serious thing, and something you shouldn't have to live with any more than finding 217 strains of E-coli in your kitchen.