I recently reformated my computer, and immideatily downloaded ad-aware. I have a spyware called alexa. please tell me how to delete it. one really quick question, how do i turn auto complete off? im a noob

alexa is insatlled with windows

Alexa is what IE6 uses if you click the related button. You can safely delete it. Hope this helps, Sandman

where is the related button, and how do i delete it... im a noob

If you right click the Internet Explorer toolbar and select customize you should be able to find it. You don't have to do anything though. Let Ad-Aware remove it and the button/option will disappear. Hope this helps, Sandman

I use Spybot 1.3 and Ad-Aware SE. Both are free. They won't protect you from all spyware, but then again, from the reviews I've read, even the best software can't stop everything. Does anyone know what Tea Timer is? It was new with Spybot 1.3 and I had no idea how to use it. Therefore, I reinstalled Spybot without installing it. I wouldn't recommend installing this option unless you know what it's for and how to use it.

Tea Timer is a small program within SpyBot that notifies you whenever an installation (or uninstall) atempts to modify your registry. You will get a notification asking if you want to ALLOW or DENY the change. A lot of malicious programs including IE hijackers attempt to write themselves into the registry. _________________________ The internet is no longer a toy, it's a COMBAT ZONE!