Largest spyware provider

Claria Corporation, formerly known as Gator Corporation, operated from 1998 to 2008, when it was closed down completely. During that period it offered ‘free’ software to World Wide Web users which also installed Gator’s/Claria’s client software. This spyware monitored the web activity of up to 40 million users, and then used this data to send strategically chosen advertisements to their PCs.