Installing a good spyware/adware scanner and removal software - There are a number of spyware scanner and/or removal softwares in market today. A good spyware scanner can effectively locate all spywares installed on your PC and a good spyware removal tool can effectively remove all spywares detected.

Spy Scanners are programs designed to detect spies in your PC. A good spy scanner can effectively search through most unnoticeable embedded files that spy on you.

Most Spy scanners include a spyware removal function. Other spy scanners do not entail spyware removal features but display logs of spyware detected in your PC. The information in logs contains location and nature of spywares.

For spy scanners with no built-in spyware removal functions, a manual deletion of spyware files could also be done since location and file type is specified in logs. Some Spy scanner products on market today have spyware scan available for non-paying users and removal tool available only for paying users.

Spy Scanners when installed can be chosen to run on demand or periodically.

Opera, from Oslo, Norway, based Opera Software ASA, provides many popular features. An integrated email client, contact book, bookmarks with searchable notes, tabbed multiple windows, a built-in password manager, a pop-up blocker, multiple language support, saved sessions, privacy controls, built-in chat, and ability to read RSS feeds from within Opera mail make Opera browser a very powerful and worthwhile IE replacement candidate.

Unless you have special need for IE, such as a browser toolbar or web interaction software that you use, there is really no reason not to give Opera a try if you're worried about safe surfing. While Opera does have a paid version, you can also download a sponsored version (with ads unobtrusively placed in browser control area), which is free.