As for the ranting about Windows not having a root account, I know. When I use rooted I mean owned by someone other than me. I'll try out everything other than ZoneAlarm to try to lock down my machine. I know Windows is horrible on security, that is why I run Unix based Mac OS X for anything crucial. I also don't think it was any popular spyware because after it was happening Spybot Search & Destroy and AdAware 6 (both updated with the latest definitions) found nothing.