in particular, the publishers claim that most Gator user don't realize that they have it on their computers or, at least, don't understand how it tracks their web-surfing habits Gator denies this, but in any case the publishers could, Gomes says, inform their website visitors that there are programs like ad-aware that allow PC owners to check whether their computers have Gator or other sorts of adware on them and then, if they want, to delete those programs.