Brief description of Spyware: it is software that is transparently installed onto your computer without your knowledge, typically part of a freeware installation, but also can be the result of accessing a web page, spyware is not detected by anti-virus software. Additionally, spyware sends information about web sites you have visited and often your personal information on your computer to advertisers and is sold to other advertisers... for a more detailed explanation of spyware you can visit the url below... I usually delete this kind of stuff, but I decided to check it out... this is a good utility... some of you know I am a programmer by trade, and I have wrote my own utilities to do what this one does already... I highly recommend this utility to anyone, follow the instructions on the web page and read the *.txt files in the downloaded zip file before installing & you will have no trouble with it... In addition, I would encourage letters to your local legislators, congressmen etc, to pursue internet regulation of utilities such as advertising software or ANY SOFTWARE that is installed onto your computer transparently & unknown... there is more of this going on than you can imagine, and is the source of many software conflicts & undue grief... I would say it is a safe bet that everyone of you have a piece of spyware on your computer that this utility will identify and give you the option of removing... "Much to my surprise; I myself had one as well!" Best Regards, Patrick http://www.lavasoft.de