IS WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER NOW SPYWARE?
A recent version of Microsoft's Multimedia player shows up in an AdAware screening

Imagine how surprised I was when, after a few hours of hard core surfing, AdAware and found a file in Windows Media Player listed as Spyware! That's right, folks, it may very well be that Windows Media Player is spying on you.

More as it becomes available. Meantime, if you're asked to upgrade to a new version of WMP, just say no!