Billy, Comet Cursor was commonly regarded as such a "spyware" program. The name appeared in articles about this problem which I read earlier this summer. I quoted the GRC URL from memory. I've gone to the Comet Systems site to double-check and have read their privacy statement, which includes a reference to a Ziff-Davis article. The ZD article is a retraction. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2599169,00.html Comet Cursor has been judged benign. However, you might want to reconsider the approach which requires any program to be downloaded onto the user's PC. Tim Romano ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Marshall" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 8:50 AM Subject: Re: SPYWARE > Tim: > > Thanks for that info re: spyware. I was not aware of that, and have removed > the Comet cursor from the SIXTEEN WORDS FOR WATER site. > > Billy Marshall Stoneking > http://ezrapound.cjb.net > >