The story starts when you do log onto the internet with a browser of any shape. The browser itself, being made by a company tracks your every move to get you better advertising as well as relevant information. This is why you always get cookies detected during scans by an anti-virus each and every time. Certain web pages do the same, monitoring every move you make to get aimed advertising and content to you as if by magic.

Ever wonder why you seem to get the most frequently visited sites presented during a search, historical data saved by the browser allows it to present you with the most likely sites that you will be visiting.

The debate whether paid vs free anti-virus software continues to this day, free versions being the first line of defense. Regular use of a computer connected to the internet exposes not only you but everybody who uses it at risk of identity theft. Paid or subscription services for anti-viruses allows for peace of mind, and all the support you need for a year at least.

As threats continue to grow exponentially, their tactics do change form time to time. From social networking sites to seemingly legit web pages, dangers abound. Should you not have resources to get paid services, get a free one from the many who offers them for the very basic protection from online threats.

AntiSpyware Plus is a very globally recognised as a five star rated Anti Spyware Solution. Antispyware Plus scans your entire system using an efficient and constantly updated database of thousands of known threats. You can always schedule regular scans or perform scan manually to find and remove Spywares, malwares, Trojans, etc…

The INVISUS Anti-Spyware program is the one who would always check your running processes and file movements for malware. If any unknown program tries to start and allow itself to start with your computer, you will be notified and asked if you want to allow it to continue and start with your computer or not.

The Spy doctor and spy sweeper are the two leading programs on the web. The user interface is very straight forward to all. The program does the loading and very much faster when you first log in. One great point about spy doctor is it will block all the known bad sites and let you know the site is known to have spyware on it.