I just want to know what is the best software for this??? I need protection I have already had to wipe hard drive and start from scratchonce and would like to prevent that

Webroot's spy sweeper is rated the best remover in several tests i have read.
http://www.webroot.com/

Check all the utilities at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/products.html.
They prevent malware from being installed in the first place.

IE Spyad
also is good protection.

Along with your AV and firewall programs and Ad-aware, Spybot S&D including Tea-time,

SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, MRUBlaster and RegSupreme my personal favourite is

Sunbelts 'CounterSpy'.

According to PC World it's coming out on top of all the latest testing charts, and I highly recommend it.......

PC World compared a whole bunch of antispyware
tools in April. CounterSpy came up as the 2005 Best Buy.
You can see the chart here:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/rd/rd.cfm?...428IB-CSC_Chart

But two products were -not- in that review: Spyware Doctor
and the Microsoft antispyware beta. PC World decided to do
another review, and compare CounterSpy to the two they could
not do in April. And to our great joy, CounterSpy won again!

Here's one line from the review: "For its part, CounterSpy
continues to detect both Hotbar and WhenUSearch--and its
detection rate in this latest round of tests increased from
an 85 percent overall average to an excellent 92 percent."

CounterSpy received 4.5 stars and they said: "Still our
favorite, this highly customizable tool offers top-notch
protection at a reasonable price ($20). This is a link to
the new review from the PC World June 2005 issue:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/rd/rd.cfm?...428BL-Top_Notch

So, if you want the best antispyware, with real live tech
support from right here in the U.S., get your copy at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/rd/rd.cfm?...28BL-CounterSpy

thanks