A Trojon Horse or a Dirty Trick ??

[Martyn]

And of course, Macs suck.  I'd rather have windows (really).

I find AdAware is good at getting rid of spyware when i can't find where in hiding in my registry.

And get ZoneAlarm for your firewall.  Many others are useless.  I find it use to use as well.

[Martyn]

melott wrote:

Hmmm...

I have 'ZoneAlarm' installed.

Good!  Never put a windows machine on the net without it.  (Unless you're behind another firewall etc....)

It got past it.

Well it won't stop you from downloading and installing spyware (usually hidden inside another application), but it will protect you from external attacks and will prevent any spyware from "phoning home".  When it tries to do that, ZA will pop up asking you if it has permission.

I'm going to D/L one of the Spywares recomended
here and try that.

Yep.  Once their installed, your firewall will only stop them from sending infomation back (if it's any good - outbound protection is what many "firewalls" lack).

To actually find and get rid of them, you'll need anti-spyware software.