> As an aside, tonight I started getting spam at an outrageous
> rate about "Your account Baldwin". Man is that annoying. I think
> I got it by adding it to hosts.deny.
>
> We'll see.
>
> Josh

I routinely clean out the family's PC's of applications that
shouldna oughta be there, mostly picked up while surfing
or co-installed at the same time as a legitimate program

http://www.spywareguide.com/

is a very good resource for identifying and tips on removing
unwanted spyware. Basically spyware collects information
unseen, unlike a virus which often makes its presence very
definitely apparent, and it's possible that your e-mail address
is being transmitted to the web by such a program

www.cexx.org/adware.htm is also worth a look

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