Does anybody reccomend a good, safe, free program that can get rid of spyware, adware, trojan horses, viruses, and all that?

try googling "ad aware". the name of the company that puts it out is Lavasoft. Stay away from Yahoo Toolbar, Spybot Serach and Destroy, and anything that is advertised in a pop-up.

Also, try going to zdnet.com, click on "downloads" and search for spyware remover or something like that. It will pop up a list of programs that you can download, either as freeware or shareware.

Spybot Search and Destroy is pretty good though......I use that and adaware..

I already have spybot search and destroy, but it removes hardly anything, because I still have a lot of spyware. And I googled antispyware, and after I downloaded them, it let me scan, but then said I have to buy them to get rid of the spyware.
I need something better.

Microsoft AntiSpy

how do I download that?

www.microsoft.com and click on the thingy that says AntiSpy...

i have NA (norton antivirus) and its pretty good at detecting viruses and adware, but isn't always able to delete them....

but for some reason i kind of know how to delete them otherwise. if you have problems deleting adware once you've found it, find the address of the file and delete it...but dont forget to empty your recycle bin i guess

If I go to internet option, and click clear history and delete cookies, does that really do anything?

^^ Not really. Won't do that much but try LavaSoft

I use Mcafee Virus Scanner. It covers up most of your needs like Spyware, Viruses & etc.. It's not free, but it's awfully good. $60.00 for the Firewall+ & Virus scanner in one package. Good luck.

Lavasoft Adaware DOES WORK.. it's very useful to me..