Unfortunately, this threat is becoming worse by the day as spyware is the biggest threat to your privacy as well as to internet security. It is believed that as many as eighty percent of people that use the computer have computers that are infected by spyware, according to studies conducted by America Online. Even more worrying is the fact that an estimated eighty-nine percent of computer users fail to realize that spyware is present on their systems and ninety-five percent of computer users have never consented to the installation of spyware.