[NeilH]

To be totally honest with you cleshe, the last time i used a spyware prog was a good few years ago. I use the old netstat command now and again and i also know what processes are running so i make sure none of my details are going astray. but for those of you who don't know about netstat and how viruses and trojans can hide from you etc, then cleshe is right to suggest the alternatives. I have still found that Webroots Spysweeper is one of the best out there but Spybot Search And Destroy is fast becoming the de facto scanner and it's free. Once again. I would play with a prog called Icesword and get to know how it works guys. It's probably THE most powerful tool you will ever have in removing rootkits and viruses because it shows processes that try to hide from you, as well as programs that use the kernel to hook processes.

Neil