I have had great results with one of my computers after coming to this forum - not so great on another one (I had to finally reformat and start over). The second one was really messed up with virus and spyware all over it.

A new computer I set up is doing great without an anti-virus (I had one running on the other two computer that had problems. I´m running without the anti-virus so I can see what happens, just a test. In fact, I´m using it now.

I run panda routinely but have had no hits so far after a week or so. I run Adaware and Spybot routinely, with hits every time.

My doubts are about the fact that I get something every time I run these spyware programs. Even if I run them two or three time in a row without accessing the web, they still find things. I can´t remember ever running them where I found nothing. I´m going to do this several times today to see what happens and I will report back.

Meanwhile, does anybody have an comments on this??

I run mine frequently and about the only time they find anything is after an update, and it's usually something that's been on here for a long time. If you keep finding things, even after fixing them, you may have an infection that is causing things to be recreated.

When you repost, please include the contents of the log/report files or at least tell us what SpyBot and AAW are finding. Some reported items do not necessarilly point to actual infections, but rather to areas/settings in your system which present a possible security or privacy threat. Some of these items (like the famous "DSO exploit" reported by SpyBot) are not things that the anti-spyware/anti-virus programs can correct themselves, and therefore will keep recurring in your scans.