Adaware and Spyware I believe can be very dangerous. It?s almost like a domino effect, if you get one and there?s no problem and then continuing adding more without removing them. Chances are one of them is going to track everything on your computer and down the dominos go. Every site seems like it runs a program like this and added with cookies they take up a lot of room on the computer and track a lot of personal info. My laptop caught one that gave me a virus. Luckily I was able to run the Microsoft program that the book talks about (highly recommended) and also had Ad-Aware SE Personal by Lavasoft for free. This program gives you notice if you catch any type of program and its degree of danger. It?s also interface friendly and explains nicely what each program or virus is doing to your computer. I definitely recommend that you take notice and download these programs that I have mentioned. Lavasoft Website- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware Microsoft Website- http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/computer/default.mspx Brandon Dyer ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/