23rd May 2006, 5:34 PM
The gorilla is "banzai buddy" or some such thing, and it is very much spyware. The program advertises how it tells jokes, plays around, and helps you find the BEST DEALS ON YOUR FAVORITE TOYS (which is great for kids that know how to manipulate their parents with a company's ad slogans).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)