Although a lot of people claim that spyware is harmless software and will not really cause much harm to your computer, spyware can actually intrude into your privacy. Note that a good spyware can actually monitor your personal computer online activities. Just imagine how inconvenient if would be for you if somebody constantly monitors the keystrokes, the logging in and other activities you execute on your computer. Having a “live” server that sends information about your computer usage to another computer is really a kind of abomination to say the least. To prevent all these intrusions into your private life, you should make it a point to install an anti spyware software program onto your computer. The anti spyware program will alert you if somebody is trying to access your computer or if someone is trying to monitor the activities of your computer.