Which is why I'll make damn certain I never buy another one of their products again..

Paying for something that a lot of people just download and then get punished for it? Yeah, the only thing stuff like this will accomplish is punishing people that actually just do the right thing. Making enemies of your customers is not a good idea. Personally, I most definatly don't want software that uses any form of "stealth" on my computer. If it's on here, it should be because I installed or OKed it. Not because some big company wants to play big brother.