Have you ever wanted some background information on the people, money, programmers and companies behind spyware and malicious software? Ben Edelman has a fantastic collection of his own research on spyware. Major investment firms supporting major spyware companies: Investors Supporting Spyware Threats against people who detect, remove, or otherwise write about spyware: Threats Against Spyware Detectors, Removers, and Critics How spyware is installed on your computer: Spyware Installation Methods -- and much, much more.