Agreed. Some of these creeps are very cunning in conceiling their malware though. I've had it occur several times when checking new users through the members list that their WWW link instantly tried to install malware... It seems to me Zone|Alarm and NOD32 shields are not that good. Most of the time they were stopped by either Protowall or Net-Peeker (both IP blockers).
I have Net-Peeker's simple firewall set to 'Learning' mode, which means I have to give explicite allowance for anything to download if the application or remote site are not allowed yet. Protowall (like all other anti-malware on my system) is updated every day). Potowall has extensive lists to block adware, spyware, hackers,keyloggers, trojans, worms, and much more. I do feel pretty safe, still there's no 100% safe on the net...
I did a scan and did find some adware though - not many but still lol
Anyway - it's busy with hackers and new malware again these days now Vista is out they all want to grab their chance