Windows XP: I've had it with spyware!

Free From Spyware

If you are extremely serious about your security do the Following. Firstly Download All Updates from Windows XP Update and let them install.

Open IE/select Tools in browser bar/Internet Options a box Will Open With these tabs
General/Security/Privacy/Content/Connections/Programs/Advanced.
Select Security/Then Click Default Level Click the Apply Button another box will pop up and click yes to Accept. Then select privacy set the slider to Medium High as this is better (much better) than the default settings for handling cookies and will not allow any personally identifiable content leaving your computer. Click Advanced and check in the (Override Automatic Cookie Handling) Select the radio Button First Party cookies (Accept) And Third Party Cookies Prompt. 99.9% of third party cookies you should deny When Prompted. So just deny them all.
When you start using Internet Explorer after this setup you will occasionally encounter prompt boxes that will prompt you to decide weather or not to accept a cookie so deny the cookie and check the box with (always use this action)
You will see later. After this setup.
Check Always accept Session Cookies click (OK) click Apply/OK We Are done Here.

Try To avoid Freeware sites Malware and downloading programs that offer lucrative gains in money or extreme internet performance or things that tell you that your PC is running low on memory or your time clock requires updating. or your processor is to slow.
Slow processors are a fact of life they will never be fast enough. And we just cant get enough memory
There is realy only one internet acceleration Broadband or software that i have ever had any sort of performance with (IMSI) (Net Accelerator.)
But I would still not use it again.for safety reasons it loads way to much into internet cache in the background In other words while you are reading a page it will be loading all other links on that page to your cache so when you click on another link on that page it appears to load it faster.(NOT GOOD)For Broadband.
But Ok For 38K 56K Connections if tweaked correctly.
If you need more memory go and Buy some usually when it cheap. Programs that tell you they free up memory are false or atleast that part of them is.

Download and Install Spyware Blaster here http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html also download and Install Spybot Search and Destroy Here http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html these both work extremely well together. Lastly if you can download Microsoft Antispyware Beta Here http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx It Works Well and is Free (At the Moment) Maybe Later Also. These have no conflicts with each other. Install in the order I have mentioned. Once downloaded install and download updates for Spy ware blaster and activate this will load all known bad sites into your browser control so that these sites are unable to load crazy stuff to your PC you will rarely have trouble visiting sites but you will be extremely safe. Also install Spybot Search and destroy click search for updates and download all updates then select Immunize. Next Install Microsoft Antispyware download Updates and run a scans First MS Antispyware Then Spybot run these and restart the PC and re run a few times. after all the threats are removed go into control panel and switch of System restore Providing everything is running efficient smooth and normal and your system is suffering no major hardware problems.
Assuming all is well switch of SYS Restore Go to Control Panel System restore turn of apply and wait until the restore facility erases all restore points. then re activate it and go to Start/All programs/Accessories/system tools/System restore set a restore point call it what you like (All Is well is a good one).
Run another Scan with all Scanners and if they find any vulnerabilities let the programs remove them. But It Is unlikely many will be found.

Also Install a Good Antivirus and Internet Security and always run updates in them to retrieve all of the latest virus definition files this will let your virus and system scanners recognize threats and stop any recognized threats I recommend Use Norton Internet Security although these are resource hungry it is far from noticeable for what the program is doing.

Most free stuff on the net is mostly not what it seems and if it sounds too good to be true it usually is.
You pay one way or another.
Either pay for good legitimate software that is known and reputable.
Or pay with ignorance. And have a PC that spends most of its life turned of because it is so slow and crammed up with Malware Spyware and Trojans it might as well be an anchor.
I hope this has helped.