Well, I for one, have the following programs:

Norton System Works & firewall

AdAwarePlus(upgraded)

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

SpyBot Search & Destroy

http://www.safer-networking.org/

SpyWare Blaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SpySweeper(upgraded)

http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php

WinPatrol

http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrol.html

PopUpStopper(PanicWare)

http://panicware.com/popupstoppercompare.html

Google bar w/ppopupstopper

http://toolbar.google.com/

MailWasherPro(upgraded)

http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasherpro/

I surf for hours at at a time, uninhibited every day. And MAYBE, one popup a week gets thru. All the above are free, except where I have upgraded. AdAware Plus, also comes with a poup blocker, and a registry monitor. SpyBot and WinPatrol come with BHO listings, and IE/Homepage locks, to prevent hijacking. Good luck, and remember........

You can NEVER be OVERPROTECTED!

I recommend IE-SPYAD updated frequently:

http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD

Read the links below to have a safer Internet experience in 2004.