i don't think i'd be so fast to sing the praises of Ad-Aware and SpyBot. certainly not if you are an affiliate of CJ, LinkShare, or ClickBank. these spyware programs deny affiliate revenue to members of those affiliate networks. they don't even ask the user whether cookies should be blocked by those sites--they just do it by default. i would not be surprised if those affiliate networks start filing class action suits against the spyware makers before too long.
i found an interesting article about this subject just yesterday:
http://www.vinnylingham.com/specialr...kiedetections/
definitely worth reading if you are an affiliate that relies on cookies to collect at least some of your revenue.