You need basically three app to protect you.

Spyware is not Viruses and both can are Malware. You can have Malware that
is not classified and Spyware or a Virus

Ref: http://www.randem.com/virusscams.html
http://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html
http://www.randem.com/ieattacks.html


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"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message
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> There was a time when users had an antivirus and an antispyware. Do
> you think antivirus programs TODAY cover both things?
>
> I used to have Spybot and then Lavasoft (Ad-Aware). They were okay
> although they never found anything. When I upgraded my Kaspersky this
> April, it FORCED me to remove these two spywares and all their
> remnants.
>
> If it's helpful to have an "antispyware" program, what do you
> recommend?