I downloaded the install file directly from Apple's site.

If you have Quicktime installed on your computer, you have installed spyware with it. It's part of the deal. Bring up Task Manager and check running processes. Notice Qttask.exe? That is Apple supplied spyware, my friend. It's job is to phone home to Apple every time you play a media file of some sort and let them know about it. Quicktime runs OK without it, so I normally use Hijack This to remove it.

Edited: Something has evidently changed. When last I read about Qttask, the Hijack This folks pronounced it spyware. I see that has now been changed to an unnecessary program, but not spyware. Sorry for any confusion.

It is also a moot point, as I completely un-installed the bloat-ware Quicktime from this computer.