um...AVG, Spybot S&D, I use cleanup! alllll the time (great for clearing out those poser caches and such)....just started using Advance System Care (ASC)...all of them are free and/or free limited stuff...oh, and I went to Firefox (which also has the prvt browsing option) years ago...and after reading all these, i might have to give avast a try...i do a lot of reading on the pc world site too and have had no troubles with anything that's been recommended there...of course, my first defense...extreme prudence when surfing  :o)

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