I know Blogger has made some big upgrades since the time that I stopped using it, but these problems you mention are very much like the ones I experienced that made me move my blog. Blogger is great for very basic stuff, but for more advanced functionality and reliability, your own domain and hosting combined with wordpress is the best bet.

Spyware and viruses are one of the big reasons I moved from Windows to Mac, too. I’ve spent so much time trying to track down trojans and other malware on a Windows PC, that I just don’t have the stomach for it anymore. I do think that would be a cool idea for a how to or even a whole blog. I probably wouldn’t want to start a new blog on it myself, but it would be great for someone who has some technical know-how and a passion for helping others get rid of these problems. Maybe I could write a short how to that gives some of the basic tools for finding and removing malware. Thanks for the idea.

On another note, consider posts on spyware, keyloggers, etc and their removal. These days this is a big issue. Better still, start a separate blog on it. I am 100% sure I have a spyware installed on my comp. without my knowledge. I see loads of traffic coming in and going out even when I am not surfing at all. I don’t think that’s installed programs being updated, or ‘background noise’. As none of the preceding occur so regularly or eat up so much bandwidh. I have Macfee firewall which I lock/unloch to block that traffic but that’s a pain. I reckon some ‘guru’ whose ebook I may have downloaded has done this to me. Even though I never download anything other than .pdf.