I run Adaware everyday as my kids are on the computer. They have websites which they update. And yes, there are times when we are on IE although I prefer my Netscape 7.2.
So far the program has caught many items. The EZula was the worst.
I'm so confused with all these downloads for free spyware on my hard drive now. I don't know what is running, and what is not.
All I know, is that Ad-Aware has been awesome for me. An interesting item, however, is that recently, I finally convinced dh to get broadband and ditch the liberal blue triangle. I have heard many people raving about Firefox, so I have been giving it a try.
We also installed Trend Micro Internet Security because it has a firewall, and since that time, when I run Ad-Aware I am only seeing maybe one "bug" every few days.
I loved deleting all this little critters, though. :)