12-30-2006, 12:33 PM
Aside from essentially agreeing with the popular sentiment so far, there are a couple of tidbits I can offer. My dad is currently running an antivirus called "Avast!" which was recommended to him by the tech support guy at his work (who is intelligent, though I have no idea how competent he is). I've never heard of the program meself, but it's something to look into.
I also had a nifty little program called HijackThis, which does basically nothing on its own, but shows running processes (the hidden variety as well), BHOs, toolbars, and whatever else may be going on, which is useful if you know what you're looking for. If not, it won't help ya much.
--me
I also had a nifty little program called HijackThis, which does basically nothing on its own, but shows running processes (the hidden variety as well), BHOs, toolbars, and whatever else may be going on, which is useful if you know what you're looking for. If not, it won't help ya much.
--me