Too many ads!!!!!
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Nothing to do with PH : phew: Thankfully Opera kills gator 
PetrolTed said: Anyone know how Gator works? What's it doing?
Gator (iegator.dll and others)
Gator is the main software, which autocompletes Web forms (which is completely unnecessary for many users these days, since IE and Mozilla (and Netscape?) have had automatic form completion, password saving, etc. built in for some time.
OfferCompanion
This is the advertising spyware module. It is responsible for spying on your Web browsing habits, downloading and displaying pop-up ads, and transmitting (personal?) information to Gator.
Trickler (fsg.exe, fsg-ag.exe, fsg*.exe)
Trickler is an "install stub", a small program that is installed with the application you really wanted. (Gator almost always appears on your system due to installing OTHER software, and not the installer available from Gator's website.) When installed, Trickler inserts a Run key in your Registry so that it is silently and automatically loaded every time you start your computer. Trickler runs hidden and very slowly downloads the rest of Gator/OfferCompanion onto your system. It is suggested that this "trickling" activity is intended to slip under the user's radar, the steady, low usage of bandwidth going unnoticed.
While often named fsg.exe, Trickler can go under other similar names, such as fsg-ag.exe (installed with AudioGalaxy) or another name containing "fsg" or "trickler".
GAIN (GMT.exe, CMESys.exe, GAIN_TRICKLER_*.EXE, other files)
GAIN is short for Gator Advertising Information Network, and is the newest incarnation of the Gator spyware we all know and love. Gator describes this module here.
Found here.
an interesting article about Gator can be found here.
>> Edited to sort crp spling
>> Edited by Bodo on Friday 14th March 17:32
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