SpySweeper and ZoneAlarm are always with me. Never heard of Trojan Hunter or BlackICE. I'll have to look them up. Thanks for the recommendations.

>imo arguably the best are:
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>Anti-spyware - SpySweeper
>Anti-trojan - Trojan Hunter
>Personal Firewall - ZoneAlarm, BlackICE
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>(Amongst others I tried A-squared but thought it was not that good).
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>>I was excited to have another one to put on my belt too, which is really a 1gb Jumpdrive, but I read some reviews of this one:
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>>"With few program options and generally spotty performance, this program isn't at the top of our list of spyware applications. A-squared Free is basically an antispyware scanner, with few if any options for locating adware--and you have only one option for choosing where you want to scan, either in the memory, the computer registry, or in the disks. There's no option to exclude folders, for example, which can make the process unnecessarily tedious. Installation, too, is a lengthy and often frustrating process. During testing, we entered several mail addresses and tried several mail servers before the program managed to send us a registration code. In general, the program's testing results were subpar. A-squared only found a few of the adware and spyware programs we installed on our test machine, overlooking programs such as eZula, BargainBuddy, and KGB Keylogger. Overall, far better programs are on the market."
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>>I think I might stick with the ones I got for now.
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>>>I'm gonna need one of those butch rigger's belts for all these tools now :-)
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>>>>Here's one that I've used in the past.
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>>>>http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/