Many thanks for your comments.
I haven't been plagued with the many blue screens that you have
but I must admit that I am currently looking to improve computer
performance, both with hardware and a re-install. (My W2k
installation is now several years old).
Ray


"Alex Balfour" <AlexBalfour@stokepoges.plus.com> wrote in message
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> I was a happy user of PC-cillin for many years until upgrading

to the
> 2007 version a few weeks ago. It had such a severe impact on

the
> performance of my PC that I removed it completely. My daughter

also
> upgraded to it, suffered numerous blue screens, particularly

when
> printing, and reverted to the 2006 version.
>
> I exchanged emails with Trend Micro's technical support who

indicated
> that an improved version was being worked on. It may be out now

but I've
> settled on alternative products (Sunbelt CounterSpy 2.0 beta,

Sunbelt
> Kerio Personal Firewall and AVG's free anti-virus offering plus

the
> usual AdAware, Spybot S&D and Spyware Blaster).
>
> Hope the above helps.
>
> Alex Balfour
>
> Ray McCormick wrote:
> > I have been happy with AdAware, Spybot S&D (with patched
> > teatimer) and Spyware Blaster and have had no problems for a

long
> > time.
> >
> > I also run Trend Micro Internet Security. Now that the 2007
> > version has more comprehensive spyware protection (which

updates
> > *very* regularly) does anyone have any experience of how good

it
> > is and whether it can replace any of my other programs? I

don't
> > believe that any one program can give complete protection.
> >
> > Ray

>