I'm aware of ad aware:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com

But who knows what it installed?  I find this a very
sneaky thing to do.

PS:  I wrote the e-mail below in a hurray without
proofreading it.  I just noticed I used the words
"sort of" three times!  D'oh!

--- Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ~~~~ad aware is an awesome program for getting rid
> of
> all sorts of data miners/spyware/cookies that you
> might not even REALIZE are on your computer.  to my
> knowledge, it's a free program??  adaware.com?
> 
> you run it every week or so (or as often as you feel
> necessary), and it tells you what data miners are
> there, and then you delete them.  lovely.
> 
> jocelyn
> 
>  --- Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > This happened to me when I loaded the Radiohead CD
> > into my computer.  I did click "yes" and it
> > installed
> > some sort of player that started playing the CD. 
> I
> > wish I hadn't done this if it's some sort of
> > spyware.
> > 
> > If indeed this is some sort of monitoring device,
> > does
> > anyone know how to uninstall it?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > PS:  Exact Audio Copy ripped it without problem. 
> > Same
> > for the new CD by "The Music".
> > 
> > --- Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> wrote:
> > > Mando Diao's BRING 'EM IN (out next month on
> Mute)
> > > has a new
> > > copy-protection device that I hadn't seen
> before. 
> > > When I put the disc in
> > > my computer, a screen comes up that says that my
> > > computer must "update"
> > > some files before the record can be listened to.
> 
> > In
> > > other words, they want
> > > to install a data miner on my hard drive to
> > monitor
> > > what I do with their
> > > CD.  Monitor this, Mute: your disc is now in my
> > > wastebasket, and the print
> > > review you solicited by sending me the disc in
> the
> > > first place is entirely
> > > about this new device of yours (which crashed my
> > > computer the first several
> > > times I tried to listen to it) and the fact that
> > > making me feel like a
> > > criminal while I'm basically DOING YOU A FAVOR
> by
> > > drumming up some advance
> > > press for your new baby band is not the way to
> > > endear me to you, no matter
> > > how much I agree philosophically with your
> > aversion
> > > to copyrtight theft.
> > > 
> > > S
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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