Originally posted here by gordonscobie
I run a couple of anti-spyware solutions on my PC - but they seem to fail in one respect - they are not able to stop spyware getting onto my machine in the first place. So, the question I suppose is: how does one stop spyware getting on in the first instance?

Regards,

Be very careful what sights you visit avoid warez and porn sights don't click on any attachments that come with scripts or .exe files even if a relative or friend pester you
it came from a friend who it got it from a friend and they want you to run it or view it avoid installing chat software because you never know if it has spyware in it getting
rid of all of it out can be a bitch even if you thought spybot found it all and cleaned it guess again a scan with rootkit revealer can turn up suspicious registry keys and other stuff it didn't detect.