Which Adware and Spyware are the Most Insidious?

the_dreadnought asks: "I was just asked today which adware and spyware are the most insidious by an acquaintance. He asked me if this stuff was really legal, or was it just not important enough for law enforcement to deal with? I know the porn stuff (not from experience,,,ok, from experience) that dials out to foreign countries is one of the more extreme examples, and Gator is well known, but if Slashdot readers could describe what adware and spyware they think is the sneakiest I would appreciate it. Also, any thoughts on whether some of this stuff is even legal, as it is almost certainly not ethical."

Comments

Re:hotbar

[silverbolt]

This may be OT, but your opinion is one of minority. Plain text is NOT the standard. Most people don't give a sh*t about what editor they are using, they use the default that Outlook / OE shows them. And yes, OE/Outlook is the most popular mail client out there, like it or not.

Re:I'll never know the name.

[dasmegabyte]

Dude -- anybody still using Internet Explorer (a program which NEVER worked all that well, hasn't been updated since 10.1 and which is now officially unsupported by MS) is asking for trouble. Especially when Firebird and Safari are so much better.

Old programs are like old cars...without good support they slowly rust away. Using slow ass IE on a mac is like driving a gremlin when you've got a free maserati and free Yukon just sitting in your driveway...