Originally Posted by honer's

I guess to be a little more specific....from the very beginning i've installed quite a few different program.....

Remove:

NoLop
Comboscan
HiJackthis
Dr. Web Cureit
Bruteforce
Smitfraudfix

Keep:

AVG Anti Spyware > Update and run weekly
ATF Cleaner > Use as often as you like
Panda Antiscan >> Online scans, update and run once in a while
Kaspersky >> Online scans, update and run once in a while
Spywareblaster > Update and Enable new protections weekly. See this thread:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/arti...ter-guide.html

Spywareguard > Rarely updates, runs in background.

Not sure what these two are?

Spy ware

Ad-Ware (do you mean Ad-Aware? If so, keep, for sure. Update and run weekly)

Of all these...which ones are essential to retain on my computer and which ones can i delete....
of the ones to keep how often should i run them and do they have an option to setup a scheduled scan if be necessary

tks again.....a monetary gratuity will be on it's way to the forum