You must have realized that the difficulty in addressing your spyware problems is the fact that these programs know where to hide best.  They can even elude even the best anti-spyware programs.  You cannot blame anything or anyone but yourself for the spyware attacks.
 
What you can do is to increase your awareness on where these spyware programs hide, remove them, and prevent them from coming back.
Here are the favorite places where spyware hide to attack you and your computer:

• Spyware programs hide themselves in several applications and programs you love to download. You visit a website, find a program that fancies your interest, and since it’s free to download, you readily click the button.  What you do not know is that together with the download is also your free spyware that enters your computer and gathers all your sensitive information such as passwords and even credit account numbers.
  
  
• You may find them in the toolbars in the form of add-ons.  You think that what you are downloading is a functional add-on that will make your browser more powerful.  Well, you might just have downloaded a spyware ready to intrude into your privacy.  Do not just download add-ons unless they come from your browser.  Better still; do not download any add-ons at all.  This is, if you value your privacy more than anything in the world does. 
  
  
• Oh, spyware programs love to attach themselves to automatic pop-up windows. Click on it and you have just innocently downloaded your spyware.  Without the essential protection in your computer, you may wonder what the earth has happened to your computer and how it suddenly slows down.  You may even curse your internet provider for it blaming the slow down to your internet connectivity.

Now that you know where spyware programs love to hide, you can now devise your precautionary measures to prevent these programs from attacking your privacy and damaging your computer.  Here are some ways:

• Visit only legitimate websites.  Be very conservative in downloading files and programs.  If you can help it, never download a file or program unless you trust the publisher.  Scan all programs before you run the same.
  
  
• Run at least two anti-spyware programs in your computer.  It is also necessary that you update these programs regularly.  Run at least two scans of your computer every schedule.  The first scan may have missed stubborn spyware and those that really know how to hide.
  
  
• Never ever download email attachments especially from unknown sources or spam.  Even the attachments coming from your contact list, you have to exercise precaution.  Scan the attachments prior to downloading.

Increase your protection against spyware programs.  You have to be always on guard for their attacks. It is your responsibility to keep your privacy and your computer safe and secured from the threats of spyware attacks. 

There are tools that you can use to help you prevent spyware attacks before they happen.  Use them to you benefit.  There should be nowhere to hide for these spyware programs to unleash their malicious attacks.