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If you want to disinfect or check your computer, then I strongly recommend you start with http://castlecops.com
It provides short guides to malware removal and preventions, links to freeware and shareware utilities, and forums to access experienced help.

I had McAfee installed and running on the family PC. It still got infected by some nasty ad-ware that would pop up random web pages warning that the computer was infected and that I should buy WinAntiVirusPro2006 to remove it. This is pure extortion and I refuse to support it.

Searching the web tended to give me more bad information than good, so I decided to try to leave it to the experts and bought Norton Security 2007. It detected a couple of more viruses that McAfee, but I still was getting popups and explorer.exe errors.

Eventually, I learned enough browsing the web to locate CastleCops. It provided me with instructions and links to shareware utilities that allowed me to quickly remove Vundo and other “potentially unwanted applications” (apparently the legally safe way to refer to malware).

I would have saved a lot of time and money if I had started with http://castlecops.com.