Spyware -- Question No. 2

Which of the following is not a form of spyware?
a. BlazeFind
b. Transponder
c. Gator
d. Ad-Aware

Answer from How to run antispyware tools:
I use Spybot, Ad-Aware and SpywareBlaster. I run the free versions of both Spybot and Ad-Aware to cleanup the computer. Then I setup the scheduler for Spybot to auto run and auto update. Ad-Aware only offers auto run and auto update under the subscription program. (Read the rest of this tip.)

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Spyware -- Question No. 2