[Mannaggia l'America]

Spyware Blaster will prevent kids from downloading spyware, or even seeing the offers.

Thanks! That should help.

[js1138]

Can't guarantee it to be perfect, but I've installed it on four machines with no known ill effects.

Two suggestions. If you install Spyware Blaster, run the upgrade before running the blaster. It'll save you a step. It gives a list of a thousand or so possible spyware programs. There's a button to select all. If for some reason it flags a useful program, you can undo it. It doesn't remove any files or programs. It just tells Windows not to run them.

Second, as with all similar programs, you need to keep running the updates. The cretins who design these things are always trying to work around the fixes.