The Internet life isnīt always simple and peaceful, so many put lots of effort to make a mess for us, not only viruses and trojans, also spyware make it difficult sometimes for us. We donīt always notice when spyware gets into our computers, we have to protect as far as we can...

First of all, I recommend to install the Windows XP Service Pack 3, it contains a lot of useful safetypatches and also a popupblocker.

I recommend to have a software looking for and delete spyware, - these arevery good, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware and Spybot-Search&Destroy
SpywareBlaster, doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed!
CCleaner, couldn't be without it

I donīt like popup ads and banners while Iīm surfing and therefore I like this software, Pop-Up Stopper, the only thing one have to have in mind is that to be able to click on a popup-link, one have to push the Ctrl at the same time.

At Shields Up you can check the safety in your computer, see if there is dangerous ports open for hackers and trojans. Here you can scan for trojans.

Itīs important to have a firewall, especially if you are connected with broadband of any kind. Zone Alarm has a free version to download and so has Sygate Personal Firewall There is a firewall in Windows XP, very easy to handle and turn off and on, it prevents outcoming traffic but not outgoing. LANeye is a very good software, not very expensive at all.

Last, but not least, the most important software in a computer is the antivirus software, update it frequently and use common sen