Yep- back to the topic as said above Ad-aware is one of the best ad/spy-ware removers out there w/ regular updates.

I really like Ad-Aware 6. Found a bunch of junk after I loaded Imesh 4. I told one of my friends about Ad-Aware and he got it and it found over 300 things of it on his hard drive. He has KaZaA and Imesh though, so I can see how he got 300. Ad-Aware is great for being free. Ad-Aware 6

KL .... not K......... K=bad KL=Heaven........ Also, scan ur comp like once a month b/c it looks for alot of good stuff. Like tracking cookies. Also you might want Tweak UI. Very good and very cool...

Another free spyware detection and removal program, which is better IMHO than Ad-Aware, is Spybot Search & Destroy. It has a multitude of options, detects scads of different spyware and is continuously updated.

Get it at http://security.kolla.de