Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful “adware” by paying for advertisements generated by those programs,
Centre for Democracy and Technology.
Following the Money: How Advertising Dollars Encourage Nuisance and Harmful Adware and What Can be Done to Reverse the Trend
CDT Adware Report (Updated 3/21/06) [PDF]
Press Release March 20, 2006 [PDF]
