Hi inthane -- I thought jfwlite.com was no longer being maintained -- or has someone picked it up? In any event, some of the stuff on there is a bit out of date. If it is being maintained again, please excuse this message. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: inthaneelf To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Advice About Protection Software hi Jim, most of the more useable ones are listed on jfwlite.com in there programs section, along with old, but still helpful hints in there help files section. spybot, ad aware and those listed there all work well from what I hear, I use ad aware for the main part, and the free version to boot, and haven't had much it didn't find. firewalls, there are two older ones you can get from there, I just use the windows stock one myself, but that's my choice, and may not be the best as far as that goes. I also recommend a program called win patrol, which monitors an assortment of things, gives you active and accessible control over them, and will alert you to anything trying to make changes in your registry and/or file associations on your comp, and there is both a free and a expanded pay for version of it (again I'm using the freebee and doing fine with it) HTH, inthane ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Advice About Protection Software Hi,I need to get spyware / malware detection software and a firewall. Which versions are free, loc cost and are accessible? Thanks. Jim