Wired has an article posted on the Process Definition of SPYWARE.
Ben Edelman has a perfect way of echoing my thoughts on spyware
“From the perspective of users whose computers are infected, there is nothing hard about it (defining spyware),If you have adware or spyware on your computer, you want it gone. Maybe the toolbar is Mother Theresa, but it’s Mother Theresa sitting in your living room uninvited and you want her gone also,You don’t need a committee of 50 smart guys in D.C. sipping ice tea in order to decide that. “