It is not a stretch. These programs slow down the users browser experience. Though they may not be actively in collusion, more and more of these tool bars are i

It is not a stretch. These programs slow down the users browser experience. Though they may not be actively in collusion, more and more of these tool bars are installed and the browser almost grinds to a halt. I have opened the browser on my parents laptop to fin the top half of the screen cut off because it was full of tool bars. While they may not be intentionally malicious the result is malicious. Therefore they are malware.