It’s been a few months since I last revisted the topic of spyware eradication. With friends and family gathering ’round the dinner table this weekend, there couldn’t be a better time to share my favorite anti spyware recipe. It’s simple, delicious, and goes great with marshmellow peeps …

Aunty Em, meet Anti-Spyware …

If you want to remove spyware from your computer, you may want to follow these steps:

1. Download and install Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera.

2. Turn off all of MSIE’s advanced options (scripting, ActiveX, etc.), then close the program and never launch it again.

3. Download and install both Spybot and Ad-Aware.

4. Clean your system with back-to-back runs of Spybot and Ad-Aware.

5. Once the system is clean and everything is cool, run Spybot and Ad-Aware on a periodic basis.

Truth be told, you may have to boot up in safe mode at some point. And you may have to make some edits to your registry. Have faith and remember to back up … your quest for spyware removal will be successful!

NOTE: Other spyware removal tools may work for you. Look at all you want, but only download spyware removal tools from a trusted source. (There are too many evil-doers masquerading as the real thing!)

So take some time after the egg hunt. Load up that CD-ROM with your favorite alternative browser(s) and anti-spyware tools. Then sit back and watch the tools go to work, as you down one more handful of jelly beans and bite the head off yet another chocolate bunny.