frickin spyware :(
i just spent 40 minutes removing a ton of spyware from my CFO's machine - manually, mind you, as ad-aware wouldn't find it - and it just left me disgusted. that a company's name would receive any positive reinforcement in the consumer's eyes from annoying, frustrating software installed without knowledge or assent on a system - it's just a ridiculous idea. there's no way at all their search pages and pop ups and stuff can be of ANY benefit to ANYONE. it puts money in the pocket of the guys who create it by making advertisers think that consumers will care about their ads... and it puts money in the pocket of the fools who bundle it in their software (kazaa, realone, etc) because they think consumers will benefit.
although i have a hard time believing they really think consumers will benefit - and that's even more frustrating. they're getting paid to annoy their customers. and they do it happily. it's just weak.
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