What EULA! There are EULA with bundled software like Kazaa but in 2004 spywares have moved beyond that and are increasingly installing themselves when users visits certain sites where there is no EULA, no "do you want to download and install ...' message, just a flurry of activity while the installation carries on without any consent.

I could warm up to the idea of sponser-supported applications but the adware community has alot of growing up to do. For instance adwares do not go through the kind of rigorous testing as other programs, as a result, their installations often cause glitches and are often resource and bandwidth hogs. Also, as they often provide no way to kill the application, they get in the way when the user runs HD scans/defrags or instalations for which the user must close all other running applications. Their payload is more than just a few annoying ads.

There is increasing talks about making OS manufacturers liable for insecure products.

How about making the adware producers liable for buggy instalations, this bill certainly frees adware producers of that responsibility.

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