Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? is there a wonderful way of stopping the madness Or are we doomed to keep having to deal with this?
Well, you could always get a Mac. No viruses (yet), no spyware (yet) and a much reduced susceptibilty to either when they do show up. On the other hand, if you need a Windows only program or play the latest PC games, they aren't so good. Linux is another option, but can quickly lead to more headaches if you just want your computer to work.
One more program you could try out is Spyware Blaster. I doesn't scan your computer for spyware, but prevents them from installing themselves. Ewido Security Suite is yet one more program to deal with this problem.
Is one of your firewalls hardware, or do you have two software firewalls?
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