I will start with some of the simplier things that should be done . Apparently, you
want to use McAfee as your antiVIRUS Provider and since antivirus programs
function best when there is nothing of another antivirus programming on the
computer, I recommend you run the FREE "Norton Removal Tool", One of which is
available @
www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html .
2nd: you have the malware-prone Adobe Reader. Recently, Researchers found a new hackertoolkit that uses nothing but Adobe securityleaks in order to infect systems. "PDF Xploit Pack" (
http://www.trustedsource.org/blog/153/Rise-Of-The-PDF-Exploits )adds all kind of exploits to PDF-files. When a certain exploit has successfully infected the OS, the IP address is sent to the attackers, so they need to try again. This to reduce the time it takes to manage the bots.
Use of PDF-files is becoming more and more popular among malcreants, this because other toolkits also have PDF exploits now. A year ago only 3% of the exploits were PDF directed.
So I recommend you uninstall Adobe and get the safer "Foxit Reader".
3rd : you have an outdated version of Sun's Java, a security risk . Should
uninstall ALL "Versions/Updates" you have of this program and since should
ONLY have 1 Ver on a computer, the latest is at
www.java.com .
4th : you have the most malware-prone of all the Instant Messengers, namely
"AIM" ( AOL Instant Mesenger ) and the version you have is NOT the Latest, a
definitely security risk . At a minimum, should Update to the Latest Version, IF
not uninstall it and use a safer IM, such as Yahoo's . IF you continue to use
AOL's, should periodically visit
http://jayloden.com/aimfix and use the FREE
program there .