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>AVG is running its first full scan and finding lots of things it thinks need attention, much of it apparently brought in by FireFox during its time alive on this computer. Once that is done I can get some more sleep before the alarm goes off.

Firefox has been compromised by the MS-Url mess and they had some totally self-made problems with scripting - and is used by the majority of geeks ("measured" by browser usage at different sites: computer-savy vs. normal).
As you can never be sure if the unwanted program circumvents installed detection, I use a linux based combo of virus scanners once a month: booting knoppix, downloading all new signature files and scanning all the disks.

And nobody is allowed to hook in his machine if he cannot get a clean bill from this procedure. There still are some areas unprotected, like encrypted directories, but it clears away much nonsense and also unneccessary hook-ups.

regards

thomas