Computers on the Internet are continually bombarded with viruses and other malware, so users employ antivirus software to protect themselves. Email inboxes are constantly flooded with pathetically useless spam, so users employ anti-spam programs and techniques to protect themselves. As soon as you think you have things under control you find out your system has a myriad of spyware and adware programs silently running in the background monitoring and reporting on your computer activity. Here’s what to do about it.