There's a shocker.
Personally, my biggest pet peeve is any software that tries to sneak a Google or Yahoo search bar into my browser.
Adobe Reader and RealPlayer are two that come to mind.
RealPlayer is especially offensive because it basically hijacks your computer for anything multimedia, and also installs "RealDownload" and "RealJukebox" and other unnecessary crap.
After all of that, they actually have the balls to try to charge you for the "full" version.
stopbadware is a Google operation. I wonder if they'll do an expose on those googlebars? hahahahaha Maybe Yahoo, eh?
Friends don't let friends install RealPlayer. If you need to play RealMedia streams, I suggest RealAlternative.
Yeah, RealPlayer is the mother of all bloatware. I avoid it like the plague. As for Adobe reader, you can choose not to install the google toolbar during installation. Adobe has become very annoying to me. Used to, you could install the program quickly with no worries, but in the last two versions they created an installer that takes forever on a slower PC, and they try to slip in 3rd party software on you.
RealPlayer is a weed.