Virtual kiss accepted.
And would you believe that 107 is a relatively small number of issues? Now that your system is clean again, I have three suggestions.
1.
Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded. All the cool people are doing it. It'll cut down your spyware problem. There are other threads on here to ask questions about Firefox.
2. If you won't give up on Internet Explorer, at least run your new Ad Aware weekly, and be sure to update it with a new set of adware definitions each time (there's an option in there).
3. Before you install any freeware, do a Google search for the name of the software along with the word 'spyware'. Don't install anything that contains spyware.