Why not run the Adaware FIRST? It would make a lot more sense.
How to keep your computer clean of spyware, have no popups and keep using IE:
Get the Google toolbar. Not only does it have no spyware unlike other toolbars it's bloody useful with it's in built pop-up blocker/
Get Ad-Aware and keep it up to date. This includes downloading new versions (they don't update the definitions when they release a new shell.)
Get Search and Destroy. Despite not being updated in ages it handles stuff Ad-Aware doesn't get.
Get CWShredder. CoolWebSearch is quite possibly the worst kind of malware on the internet. This **** is nearly impossible to get rid of and has many types and gets "updated" (re: designed to **** you) often. CWShredder is specifically made to deal with CoolWebSearch and its variants and is updated often.
And if all else fails get HijackThis! NOW DON'T USE THIS IF YOU'RE A MORON. HijackThis! is both the best and simultaneously the worst version of spyware removal. Rather then search for spyware Hijack searches for EVERYTHING. It detects any add-ons, anything that's been added that starts at start-up, new plugins, new icons. anything that can be spyware related. This means spyware can not avoid it. HOWEVER it also tracks legitimite files including windows system files and files programs require to continue running. If you run this it's best to first find guys who know what they're talking about (don't ask a bunch of ****heads) and post a HijackThis! log. Then go from there.
Related spyware stuff:
Pop-ups that say YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED WITH SPYWARE, CLICK HERE TO GET XXXXXXX TO CLEAN YOUR SOULS! are spyware. Don't trust any of them and don't think your computer is secure because of them.
Don't think that if you have to pay for it it's better. Stick to the free ones listed above, they all work fine, unless you want the better Ad-Aware ones that work just as good as normal with extras.
MSN Plus! has a particularly violent malware build into its install the first time. Up until recently this was hard to get rid of but the most recent Ad-Aware gets rid of it. HijackThis! is commonly needed to fix everything that ****ing piexe of spyware does. After you eventually fix all the **** in it you can re-install, just don't click "install sponsor". You don't have this option the first time.
Virus != Spyware/Malware/Adware. If you have a virus your best bet is to either get a real anti-virus or run housecall, the free online virus scanner.
Mozilla people are not better then IE people. This can be proved by the mentality during the 90s of Netscape > IE, or Linux gives you a huge penis as compared to Windows.
Any questions?
