kaled - 11:23 am on Jul 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

I don't think this is spyware as it is part of Windows. You install software and hence you take the bad with the good.

So, any program that you install intentionally is not spyware - that's an interesting point of view.

I would say that any program that calls home regularly, and transmits information is most definitely spyware (unless the user wishes that action to be taken, e.g. to transmit medical data from something like a pacemaker).

Kaled.