- You need to install some anti-virus protection. Here are some programs you can use:

• Bitdefender
  Antivirus


• href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/302419">Norton Antivirus
  


• F-Secure
  Internet Security 2007 itor


• href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/421203">PC Tools AntiVirus Free
  Edition
  

- Make sure your antivirus software automatically updates itself.

- You'll also want something to defend against spyware. Here are a few products that you can use.

- Note that some products perform both antivirus and antispyware functions.

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  Spyware Doctor


• href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/511154">F-Secure Internet
  Security 2007


• href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/259542">STOPzilla
  Anti-Spyware

- You'll also want to make sure you defragment your hard drives. For
that here are a couple programs:

• Diskeeper Home
  Edition


• href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/423631">Ashampoo Magical Defrag 2
  


• href="http://download.uniblue.com/ub/main/dr/solutions/diskrescue.exe">DiskRescue
  

Here are a couple of good, all around products for maintaining your PC:

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  SpeedUpMyPC 2009


• href="http://bounce.tucows.com/cgi-bin/bounce?id=search_v4¶ms=pos=2%3Bcpc_id=109327%3Bt=1240314387&url=http://www.tucows.com/preview/317392">
  TuneUp Utilities 2009

And for keeping all your Windows drivers up-to-date try:

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DriverScanner

- Now, your PC is running a freshly installed copy of Windows XP with all security updates and you've protected your investment. Congratulations!