Protect your machine
As if you didn’t know, but just in case you didn’t:
The two best spyware-detection (and removal) programs out there are free. They are:
Ad-Aware – http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
&
SpyBot Search And Destroy – http://spybot.eon.net.au/
ALSO, fyi you can really good VIRUS protection software for free, it’s called AVG:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php