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Why do some websites offer offer free screensavers?

When we download a screensaver it runs always in the background. Is it a Spy? They often eat your system resources. Has any one studied what exactly are the implications of these screensavers or smilies?

Public Comments

1. You pretty much answered your own question. These things that you download for "free" infiltrate your system with spy-ware, ad-ware, mal-ware, etc. It is almost impossible to get rid of it once it is in your system. We learned the hard way, now our system is high-jacked and someone's search engine pops up, not any we've ever knowingly put into our system. Even those free smileys are bad news. I think it's okay to download things like Adobe Acrobat, or flashplayer, but anything else you have to be careful with.
2. For some it is a marketing strategy but for others it is a way of spreading dangerous viruses so be careful when downloading these
3. it's a plague
4. Hi Every site wants offers some free stuffs just to attracts the viewers again and again. That's why they offer u free stuffs like wallpapers or screensavers because they imply only small skill to be prepared. regards rca