I dipped into that initial list again. I used to use Comodo antivirus, but it was so ponderous, all sorts of interruptions during the day. I use the Microsoft antivirus in the enterprise version they provide at work, and in the background I run Spyware Blaster. If I wanted to kill Flash, block various ActiveX controls, or change settings in IE, it will do that. It restricts a lot of tracking stuff in IE, primarily, though it does have some features for FireFox. I suppose I should start using it more actively.

I scan periodically with Spybot Search&Destroy, but I stopped letting TeaTimer run in the background because it slowed things down. If there are sites that I know are really bad for popping up ads or sliding them in behind the browser, I use IE because it blocks them most efficiently.

I love Malwarebytes, and I scan with it every so often. That's the one I'll buy the full version of one of these days.

SRS