Scanners/Free software for your PC....

For Vista machines....

http://security.symantec.com/
http://online.drweb.com/
http://www3.ca.com/threatinfo/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
http://www.pestscan.com/
http://www.trojanscan.com/
http://scan.sygatetech.com/

Free programs to scan and keep system safe.

http://www.anti-trojan.net/at.asp?l=en&t=onlinecheck
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...id=zadb_zadown
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

Very good free antivirus. I use this one myself and have faith in it. For free...it's very light on resources and seems to have very frequent updates. No problems yet for me, and people have used it for years now and love it.

AVG free

http://free.grisoft.com

Whole bunch of freeware spyware and cache removal tools. Tools for specific nasties such as cwshredder to remove cool websearch junk. http://www.spychecker.com/software/freeware_cookie.html

Tweak windows by shutting off unneeded services in XP.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

For a VERY good firewall program (formerly known as Kerio), go to:

http://www.sunbelt-software.com

Enjoy folks. Some really great stuff listed here.