I use spysweeper and the AOL free version of McAfee and all there other crap that comes with it... No spyware on mine. I'd definatly say try Spy Sweeper, then do CTRL ALT DEL go through all the listed processes ending task on all the ones you know aren't neccesary, and once you get your computer clean get a damn firewall! Zone Alarm Pro solves all my problems.