"I recently received email from a marketing representative at Viewpoint pointing out that "Viewpoint has a clean bill of health from liutilities, hijackthis, Pestpatrol, Adaware, System Info, Computer Cops, Webroot Spysweeper, Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta, and more...", and directing me to their FAQ." (sic)
Very neat and tidy. Of course it's not spyware if you line the coffers of the companies who decide who is and who isn't spyware.
Not to say that that is what is going on, but it very well could be.
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