I am regurgitating this article that just came out in today in eCommNewz, because I love the subject line and the way John wrote the 1st paragraph!

The Pew Internet and American Life project released a study… most U.S. Internet users learned about spyware and adware the hard way. They’ve had their computers screwed, blued and tattooed by annoying bits of software that take over your browser, eat up memory, cause your computer to crash and a whole host of other problems.