[***Mr D***]

Nasty, So have you found the culprit program?

Here is a Large list of FREE programs for LOTS of Checks, Scans.

Free Anti-Virus Software

• AVG Free Edition
• AntiVir Personal Edition Classic
• Avast Home Edition
• Bit Defender Free Edition *On-access scanner only.
• eTrust Anti-Virus *12 month free trial

Free Anti-Rootkit Tools

• GMER
• Sysinternal's Rootkit Revealer
• F-Secure's Blacklight
• IceSword's Anti-Rootkit - English Version
• DarkSpy's Anti-Rootkit
• AVG's Beta Anti-Rootkit * Registration Required
• Sophos Anti-Rootkit

Free Firewall Software

• Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall.
• Zone Alarm
• Outpost Free Firewall *not for XP users
• Comodo Personal Firewall

Free Anti-Spyware Software

• AVG Anti-Spyware **30 Day Trial of Full Version Reverts to Freeware
• SUPERAnti-Spyware
• Ad-Aware SE
• Spybot Search & Destroy
• Windows Defender
• a-squared

Free Spyware Prevention Software

• Spyware Blaster
• Spyware Guard
• IE Spyad

Free Privacy Protection Software

• MRU Blaster
• Eraser
• IE Privacy Keeper

Free Online Virus & Spyware Scans

• Kaspersky Online Web Scanner
• Trend Micro Online Spyware Scan
• PandaActiveScan Online Scanner
• F-Secure Online Virus Scanner
• Trend Micro HouseCall
• Trend Micro (Europe) (Java)
• eTrust Web Scanner
• Command On Demand

Free Single File Scanners

• Jotti's Malware Scan
• VirusTotal Online File Scan
• Kaspersky Online File Scan

Free Online Trojan Scans

• Ewido Online Trojan Scanner (Beta)
• WindowSecurity.com Trojan Scan
• Sygate Online Trojan Scan