I also have Ad-Aware and it is a good program but something got through on it so I supplemented it with a program called Hijack This! and it has truly helped. No problems whatsoever. What's good about these programs are they're free or at the very least shareware, so no cost up front for the initial downloads. We also have spyware doctor downloaded but haven't used it. It's for one of those "just in case" moments

I don't know nearly as much about computers as my husband. He has taught me everything I know. I cannot say how he knows so much, but when he was a 13 year old Gifted and Talented student who was using the internet, he and his fellow GT'ers got a letter from Microsoft, signed NOT stamped by Bill Gates himself, but then again we don't talk about that! LOL.

Take care and good luck,
Kimberly.