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I just downloaded a program off of Download.com, right. Right after I installed, I figured I'd do an Ad-Aware search - knowing how "free" software is packaged these days. After the search, it found twenty - no big deal, right?
The next thing I did was to search for lyrics for a song. I Googled it, found a site, and read the lyrics. My IE proceeded to crash - what the ****? I reload IE, which took about ten minutes. I noticed about three different new toolbars installed followed up by a few popups. I do another Ad-Aware search (Smart Scan), and it found 521 different objects.
Don't you just love Spyware?
The next thing I did was to search for lyrics for a song. I Googled it, found a site, and read the lyrics. My IE proceeded to crash - what the ****? I reload IE, which took about ten minutes. I noticed about three different new toolbars installed followed up by a few popups. I do another Ad-Aware search (Smart Scan), and it found 521 different objects.
Don't you just love Spyware?