I think that analogy is not close enough to the view you are taking. To agree with your view I would say: "it's the same as saying the driver who crashed his car should...be an ASE certified mechanic, an engineer to understand every movement of the [engine-transmission-etc.], a lubrication...
Yep sounds like spy/adware. And here I thought Ron had learned from the Mozilla thread awhile back ;) Ad-Aware or Spybot will get rid of it, or you can also try Pest scan which runs online via a Active X control. This spyware business is just getting way out of hand. Chris