yep I use Spybot S&D and Advanced Windows Care along with SpywareBlaster (sister program to Spybot S&D). Advanced Windows care has a registry cleaner for dummies and also monitors start up programs as well as a few other good features and is free like the other 2.

Freecreed.com is a great site for free programs. The guy tries out free stuff he finds and then links to them or makes them available from his drive. If he hasn't had a chance to test something that looks good he says so in the description.

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