OK...so I thought I had my bases covered by alternating between a
number of "spyware/adware/crapware detection" programs, namely:
Spywareblaster, Spysweeper, Ad-Aware, PestPatrol, Spybot S&D ... but
I ran across a program that detected almost a HUNDRED pieces of
malware that none of those programs detected, most of which were
contained in compressed archives.

It's called EWIDO and it rocks! If you're d/l'ing from any P2P
network or bittorrent or mIRC, etc., you need to be EXTREMELY
cautious and I thought I had covered my bases.

Here's the link:
http://www.ewido.net/en/

There is a free d/l; you have to register (pay) after 14 days. You
can find the program (+serialz) on bittorrent, too ... if that's your
cup of tea.

Also, I'm sweeping my system with another program, too. I'll let you
know about that one when I've got a few more minutes. It is a trojan
hunter program and it can even detect ADS in files.

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Just out of curiousity ... I'd like to see how many of you get some
dramatic/surprising results after sweeping with EWIDO.

Let us know ... I'm VERY VERY curious to see how many other people
have the kind of results I did.

-=| StoneSoul |=-