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People using computers for the first time will have to get used to a quick learning curve and find that as well as viruses and other types of malware, there are a variety of threats that can potentially compromise the integrity of a computer system itself and especially the information it contains. Spyware, called that because it is designed to literally spy on a computer system often without the user knowing. Spyware is generally authored and deployed in order to record or collect information about the user such as personal identifying information, purchases, web surfing history, and even key strokes. In more insidious cases, passwords and other sensitive data can also be collected by spyware programs. To avoid a breach of this magnitude, computer users can elect to be proactive about security and install spyware blocking software on their computers before any problems arise. [...]