Adware:Adware (or spyware) is a small program that is designed to show advertisements (in various form and degrees of intrusiveness) on your computer. It often reports personal information back to its owners. As a result your sense of privacy can be violated.
PTech, related to E2Give, attaches to Internet Explorer, and spies on what sites you visit, and how much time you spend on particular sites. PTech may also track location, and potentially delivers pop-up adverts. PTech has been known to hijack affiliate fees from web merchants. PTech may seriously slow down Internet Explorer.