Could someone give me a brief explanation to what this "Alexa" spyware thing is all about?

Thanks.

It tracks where you go on the net. You can use nLite to strip it off your install CD altogether.

Alexa's toolbar service collects and stores information about the web pages you view, the data you enter in online forms and search fields, and, with versions 5.0 and higher, the products you purchase online while using the toolbar service. Although alexa does not attempt to analyze web usage data to determine the identity of any alexa user, some information collected by the toolbar service is personally identifiable. Alexa aggregates and analyzes the information it collects to improve its service and to prepare reports about aggregate web usage and shopping habits.

I would reccomend using Ad-aware or Spybot search and destroy. They will get rid of it in a jiff

|Drew|

hey thanks guys!