Since not everyone is probably going to plough through the long page links I listed above here is a small sample of what just one of the dozen or so dll.s aureate installs on your computer does. Bear in mind that investigators are still trying to establish fully what this one and the others do. "advert.dll" This DLL creates a hidden window every time you open your browser. It creates and sends 4 pages of information to the Aureate servers using port 1749 on your system, these pages include: 1. Your name as listed in the system registry (not the name you installed one of the programs with) 2. Your IP address 3. The reverse DNS match of your address. ( tells them what ISP and area of country you are in) 4. A listing of ALL software that is shown in your registry as being installed. (Not just the companies they work with) 5. This DLL sends the following information to their server on all URL's you visit: A.) ad banners you may click on B.) all downloads you do showing the filename/file size/date/time/type of file(image, zip,executable, etc) C.) full time and date stamps of all your actions while using your browser D.) the remote dialup number you are dialing in on (taken out of your dialer configuration) E.) dialup password if saved, does not "appear" at first glance to send this through to them. 6. Contains programmers note: "Show me the money! I want to be Mike!" There are also serious worries that these dll.s may allow aureate or hackers to remotly controll your computer. Makes you wonder if this is an isolated case or just the tip of the iceberg?