There is a new threat which has been looming around the corner when you were browsing those pesky sites on the net, which you don’t know much about. If you access such unknown websites, there is at least 90% of chance that your computer will be infected with a spyware or at least an adware. If you are aware what these stuff are then you are in trouble. Spyware is nothing but as the name suggest a spy program which spies on your PC for various details. Some are not so dangerous but some are really dangerous as it might be spying you on your online bank details. As said some spywares just spies you on your internet usage and what websites you visit, etc. hence could be considered slightly harmless but still it is an unwanted program on your computer.
Securing your PC from spywares is the next important step you need to take after you have protected it with viruses using antivirus programs. It has become essential to have a good anti-spyware program in every PC which has access to the net.
To avoid spyware from being infecting your PC, you can install any freely available anti-spyware programs available, but two good software which does a decent job is Spyware Blaster and Spybot Search and Destroy, both are free to use