Adware Begone!
Advertisers are responsible for techniques used by marketing firms they hire. A very expensive judgement against Priceline, Travelocity, and Cingular requires that they repay investigation costs to New York and do things right in the future including providing a way for people to remove the intrusive software. Finally a good court decision that actually protects people.
Priceline, Travelocity, Cingular settle over adware charges | CNET News.com