I figure it's a legal liability issue. What if the NYT provides instructions for removing the adware, and if following those instructions create problems for so

I figure it's a legal liability issue. What if the NYT provides instructions for removing the adware, and if following those instructions create problems for some user(s)? NYT's legal team probably concluded that it'd create unnecessary legal exposure. The culprit should not be NYT; it's the company that's spreading the adware. An interesting thought experiment might be: what if TiVo replaced TV commercials with their own ad's..?