Quote: "LOL!!!
Stop talking out your butt! "
As much as you dislike Microsoft and want to blame bugs on them.. Let's think about this for a moment.
Spyware overwrites notepad.exe with it's crazy spyware self.
Loads into memory, but no window pops up.. Normal user thinks *eh darn M$*, normal user would typically not check processes either.
Notepad is a common app, so it's more likely to be run (if it's (infected notepad) not run at bootup to begin with)
Infected Notepad does it's spyware stuff with the user having no idea he's infected, except for the only clue, which is that notepad doesn't work but the process loads.
Yarr join teh New and Improved LoGD!