Hopefully you have the XP free firewall turned on and have Windows Update set to run automatically?
If not, follow these instructions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...orking/icf.asp
And run windows update & install all critical updates. You can find it in places like the control panel and a lot of machines can be setup to have it rather obviously in your start menu.
AOL had a pretty bad rep for being a spyware and virus magnet in the past, though their ads _claim_ they are fixing that. If you are using Internet Explorer, I'd recommend giving Firefox a try or setting cookies to a high security level.
With that many viruses and trojans, you will want to run multiple types of anti-spyware programs and a decent anti-virus. Write down what the names of any that show up more than once are and google them. That will usually give you some instructions for getting rid of them permanently.
