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[rickyboy]

I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system ..

For the IT ignoramous (me),  I  run AVG antivirus at home but what do Adaware and Spybot do?  Do you need both or are they doing the same job?

Depends what dodgy sites you venture on to!    You should be fine with just your antivirus program as long as it is updating properly.  An antivirus program is only affective when it is updated regularly.  As a precaution you could run adaware once a month to delete tracker files, etc.

[justme]

I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system ..

For the IT ignoramous (me),  I  run AVG antivirus at home but what do Adaware and Spybot do?  Do you need both or are they doing the same job?

They overlap what 1 misses the other gets. AVG updates every day also use a firewall. Regscrub and regclean also helps tells you where the bugs are so you can drill down and destroy them.
None of which will stop anyone with know how, just stops the nusance element of the 10 year olds.