Rob, That is in addition to. These protect you to some degree from getting spyware in the first place. Used in conjunction with SpyBot and Ad-aware, you will have a pretty good defense set up. Nothing is 100% effective but as long as you keep everything up to date you'll have the majority of them whipped. Sven Swanson, Sr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Citkowitz" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Is this a virus RPC Doom Virus < you have since installed Spy-Bot and Ad-aware, two good programs that work hand in hand. Run those two programs often, making sure you update them first. To protect you from getting those 'nasties' I recommend these three FREE programs: SpywareGuard http://wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Startpage Guard http://www.pjwalczak.com/spguard/ > Sven, did you mean in addition, or as a better combination? Rob The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com