I understand the "something for nothing" philosophy all too well. All I want is responsibility. If you took your car to a shop for a sunroof, and the tech added a hidden gps locator to track you, you'd be pretty upset. Actually, you could probably press charges. Simply put, if you didn't think it was irresponsible you would include it in the description of the software. Sheesh. Spyware should be listed with the system requirements. If I want the software badly enough to accept the pop-ups, so be it. But I should at least be informed. That's the key reason that I use very little freeware. There's always a catch. Responsible webmasters and programmers wouldn't include extraneous code with their products unless it was listed in the description. Not to mention, has anyone, ever, ordered anything they saw in a pop-up ad? I know I haven't. Must not be a very effective form of advertising anyways...