I watched the Olympic mogul competition and a "millionaire", Dale Begg-Smith, won. According to this, he made at least some of his money on infecting computers with adware.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/olympic-champ-made-big-bucks-in-popup-ads/2006/02/16/1140037817825.html
I hope this isn't true, but if so it is ugly. Hard to reconcile the Olympic spirit with making money in one of the lowest ways possible.

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