I also use ad-aware but becareful. If you simply select to remove all "spyware" from your computer, you may disable some programs from running. Such as, divx 5.02. Everytime you access the codec it checks to see if its ad software is still running. If it doesn't find it, it refuses to run. In these cases, a firewall blocking their access to the internet is all you need. Sure the ad software is still there and running but it can't get anyplace. So before you remove all "spyware", make sure you know what you are removing. Mac