Originally Posted by EroticySteve

Spyware/Adware should be a choice, a price you pay for getting something for free. It should be optional, just like TV commercials you don't have to watch them but they are there to pay for your tv viewing.

However, I'm not a fan of any program that goes so far as to infect the PC to a point where it barely runs. I'm also not a fan of any product that's automatically installed or not easy to remove through Add/Remove Programs