Is It Software? Or Spyware?

摘要

There's a revolution go-ing on inside your computer!" gushes Ingrid Torrance, the inescapable pitchwoman for NBC Internet (NBCi). In this TV ad, one of several aired relentlessly on the Peacock network for its dot-com cousin, Ms. T addressed an audience dressed for a business seminar. To their delight, she demonstrates QuickClick—a program that allows you to mouse-click on "any word, anywhere" and get information about it. The crowd cheers as if its team just won a Super Bowl.