When you run defrag make sure ALL other programs are closed including any screen savers or other stuff that you normally have running in the background (right click on any icons running in your Systray (the little box down in the lower right corner) and close out of as many as you can. Do not attempt to do anything on your computer while defrag or disk clean-up are running.
There are free virus scanners - check out ZDnet.com download section for their suggestions. No one should ever connect to the internet without at least virus protection; a firewall is also recommended. I've heard Zone Alarm is a good free one. PC's are just too darned expensive to surf without protection.
It's also a good idea to install and run at least once a week AdAware and something like Spybot Search & Destroy - both are free and available at ZDnet's download section. HTH
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