Spybot may be losing it’s way a little maybe in comparison to the likes of the in favour Superantispyware and Malwarebytes, which pick up more threats, but it still holds a little trick that many people forget to do. Immunization. As the screenshot shows, the immunize feature will help “Protect yourself before threats find their way into your system.”

The hosts file is is essentially a list of sites that you wish to block when surfing the internet. Hostsman is a freeware program that manages the hosts file for you.