I used to use dogpile for a while, but haven't for a long time. So when I checked the WOT comments, I was rather surprised.
Some comments say that the website itself is fine, but the toolbar is badware. (I dunno if it is spamware, adware or whatever, so I'll call it badware). However, before I even downloaded Firefox, and for that matter noscript, I have never had a toolbar downloaded from this site. Nothing *magically* appered, but that may have to do with the fact I'm using Safari on a Mac. [In the virus communities, people who make Mac viruses are probably ridiculed by their hacker buddies :) ]
Also, I looked at the 'page source' of Dogpile's home page. I found two interesting things. Now, I'm no HTML/CSS/Javascript guru, but I found one that seems to download (or at list show you to the page where it says you should download) the toolbar if it isn't installed.
I would add a screenshot, sadly I am unsure how to add images in a comment box (anyone can give me help on this, too?)
This is what worries me. I have Ghostry installed on Firefox, so maybe this is just something Ghostry randomly puts in websites. But maybe not. There is a script that goes like this, only with real HTML tags, not {fancy brackets like these}:
{script type= "text/javascript"}
function closeGhostery(){ var dgf = document.getElementById("__ghosteryfirefox");dgf.style.display = 'none'; document.body.removeChild(dgf); }
{/script}

So, what's up with Dogpile?