I've just spent two hours scanning my computer for spyware for the first time in six weeks and 169 items have been selected for removal (last time it was over three hundred.) Because it's only the free-to-use version I'm using I have to manually remove all the files; I did manage to purge most of the malware though, but for some reason the 'find' function in Windows 98 can't locate about half a dozen items...this always happens, and I think it's always the same files.
I'm always amazed and disappointed when I look at the scan log and notive that companies such as MSN and RealMedia participate in this sort of malicious activity.
