Hi,
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Sidesearch.html
This is Lycos' way of protecting people from adware etc. I wouldn't trust them personally, as far as I could throw their main server. I wonder if their own marketing affiliates are included in the blacklist. All bets are off.
Now, as a cynic, I'd say that by spamming all their competitors to a standstill would give them a lot of advantages in enlarging their own market share of adware related revenue.
Still that's just me. I don't trust any commercial firm that wants to help out pure generosity.
Cheers
Liam