Anti Spyware program...

I was running mine whenever I thought about it. Not even once a week. You brought out great valuable info to us. Thank you for sharing it Dana. I'm giving you another + for your outstanding post. Bless you.

I have mine automatically set to run once a day and usually at night before going to bed. I think it is better to do it more than just once a week, especially if you are online often. You do not want spyware just sitting on your computer as it could cause more harm by leaving it there for a while in my opinion.

Anti spyware programs should run continuously in the background in the same way that Antivirus programs do. It makes much more sense to use the program as a defence than to use it to remove the spyware after installation has been achieved.

I used to run them all just once a week, but now I do it 3 times a week, without fail. It seems that the more I am online, the more sypware I have, and it starts to slow the system down. I definitely notice the computer running better when I keep on top of the maintenance issues.

i run linux most of the time so i run antispyware only when in windows. spyware doesn't like linux at all. in windows, i only run mylot, so i've had little spyware to speak of.

I run mine when I get bored. That is, when I have nothing better to do - because when I run those programs, I usually let it take the entire 100% of CPU. As long as you have an anti-virus and a firewall installed, once a month should be more than enough.

I scan for spywares in once in 4 days. I use zonealarms antispyware program and its very good it does not allow any spyware to get downloaded to my computer so i don't have to scan daily. Once in 4 days is enough for me.