spyware program
 

What is a good one?

I assume you want to get rid of spyware, not spy.

Spybot and Ad-Aware by Lavasoft have free versions.

which one is better? Or should I get them both?

I have both of those on my laptop at home. They work really well. And they're free!!

You should have both. I have Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad Aware, and Spyware Blaster all on my machine. They over lap in coverage, but some pick up things others don't.

I have them both, use them both regularly. Keeps things from bogging down.

Yeah, what she said.

dang, I had 566 of those buggers on here...:eek:

They are sneaky little bastards.

does anyone else get this message all the time "spybot wants you to know that you are about to download "active a' this is a know threat, do you want to block it?"

I get it all the time, when I click yes, I can't view the page, that sucks!

Get Firefox, the Mozilla browser, and you won't even have to worry about spyware. It doesn't download ActiveX controls automatically.

Go here:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

It's free and it beats the pants off Internet Explorer. I've been using it since early November and I wouldn't go back to Explorer. Ever.

can I get rid of ad-aware and spybot if I get that?

You probably won't need them if you get Foxfire.

Best to check out the specs and FAQ's on the Mozilla site, but likely not.