o0o k people I have been fighting spyware on friends comps. for about 2 years and my computer has been spyware free for about 1 year...
Best way I found to not get spyware DO NOT USE IE! ActiveX and many more security flaws butt fuck you...
Also get a software firewall that'll alert u when ur connection is being used helps spot spyware/adware that wasn't detected...
progs I use to kil spyware/adware:
Spybot: S&D
Ad-Aware 6
spyware blaster
Also
For Browsing I use
FireFox 1.0 finally they out of beta stage!
And also if your REALLY fucked with spyware you CANNOT remove it too easily I found one comp. that had scripts that redownloaded and/or reinstalled it even after I have removed it... these BASTARDS are getting more smart with their fucking ad-ware... I spent 1 week removing those fuckers and just couldn't get them all so we ended up formating it... I'm dream on starting a site/team that'll will bite back to spyware/adware... maybe even look into it to see if they are violating any rights.
Also I have found no spyware to my knowledge in BitTornado.