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It is very good advice indeed to use several spyware programs. A couple I have found helpful are PestPatrol and Taskmanager16. The former, PestPatrol, offers an excellent and free online scan and will identify most of the latest trojans (home page hijackers, etc). You can also download a demo which identifies trojans, etc. but does not remove them -- for that you pay. Another plus with this progarm is that it identifies where in the Registry the offending files have embedded themselves. If you know how to use Regedit, you can do a lot of repair yourself. If not, be careful.
Taskmanager16 is an amazing little application too. It identifies every running process and service on your computer. And here is a bonus: it can "see" all of the dll files that the trojan programmers hide from Windows OS -- and kills them. This download is free for about 30 days, but keeps on working after expiration. I wanted to support the creator of the program so I bought it.
ONE FINAL TIP: If you can avoid using Internet Explorer, do it. e is safer. If you do use I.E., you might consider disabling the property "Enable Third Party browser extensions." In Explorer, click on Tools, Internet Options and then the Advanced tab. Then under the "Browsing" section go down to the check box opposite "Enable Third Party browser extensions." Uncheck the box and restart your computer.
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