If you want to get rid of most malware issues setup the host file to block malicious hosts and add servers on the net. This works very well for me along with using clamwinav on the xp boxes. I also make sure that spybot is installed as well. All 3 work great together.
You can get the modified host file here http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
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If you want to get rid of most malware issues setup the host file to block malicious hosts and add servers on the net. This works very well for me along with using clamwinav on the xp boxes. I also make sure that spybot is installed as well. All 3 work great together. You can get the modified host file here http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip