Next time you can't see small text clearly on a website, try holding down "CTRL" key and then moving scroll wheel on your mouse up and down.

The text in your web browser (and some programs) will increase and decrease in size as you roll wheel back and forth.

This little trick provides an excellent means of quickly getting what you need from websites with tiny text.

~^~ Slow Surfing? ~^~

If your Internet Explorer web browser starts giving you problems, you might want to clean up your "Temporary Internet Files."

Most people don't realize it, but when you leave a web page, it doesn't leave you!

Most of time you keep a copy of websites you visit on your hard drive and, over time, they build up.

This collection of old web pages can eventually cause your surfing to slow to a crawl and even cause errors!

Here's one way to clear out those old files. Click your "Start" button, then "All Programs," "Accessories," "System Tools" and "Disk Cleanup."

After an initial check of your hard drive (which can take some time if it's first time you've ever launched utility), you can check boxes of files you wish to delete.

To speed up your surfing, at a minimum, make sure you delete "Temporary Internet Files."

~^~ Surfing Shortcuts ~^~

To quickly cycle back and forth through a series of web pages you've visited, hold down "ALT" key and tap your left and right arrow keys.

Left arrow takes you back while Right arrow takes you forward.

The Page Up and Page Down buttons allow you to quickly move up and down any web page without struggling to find scroll bar slider on right side of page.

OK, that's bad enough. But then, there is second kind of Spyware. They are used by real spies, or at least kind that want to steal your credit card and personal information so they can clean out your bank accounts and assume your identity. You know, scary stuff that you're starting to hear about more and more.

So, what should I do? Did I need to reformat my hard drive? I hoped not because THAT was no walk in park. Fortunately my college geek was up on subject and took me to a website that specialized in safely removing Spyware. We downloaded and installed software in just a few minutes and then fired it up. Holey Schmolie, I was infested. After about 15 minutes of chunking and plunking, software pronounced me fit and clean. Well, at least my PC was. We rebooted and Boom! All of speed and performance that had gradually been lost slammed right back into life. Even my Son was impressed.

Folks, this Spyware is serious stuff. You can't afford to be wiped out by some cyber terrorist half way across world. Protect your PC and your identity. You probably already are infested. There's only one way to know for sure, you need to check it out for yourself.