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7. Make sure you have no spyware.

Spybot

LavaSoft's Ad-Aware

Yahoo Toolbar with Anti-Spy 5.5.5

Bazooka Adware and
Spyware Scanner
Make sure you have no spyware, by running at least a couple different spyware
programs.
The free ones are Spybot, LavaSoft's
Ad-Aware, Yahoo
Toolbar with Anti-Spy 5.5.5, and Bazooka
Adware and Spyware Scanner.
The last program tests for trojan horses and key loggers that the others
don't, but is weak in terms of the number of spywares detected.
Also it's a good idea to use the free spyware prevention tool, Spyware
Blaster.
The commercial programs SpySweeper and
especially PestPatrol are
good too, the latter testing for key loggers, in memory spyware etc. and may be
the most comprehensive spyware checker of all and only $39.95.
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