What are Adware & Spyware »
Posted By greatlogix 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyAdware:
Adware is short for advertising-supported software. Programs displaying advertising material fall under this category. Adware applications will often automatically open a new pop-up window containing advertisements in an Internet browser, or change its homepage. Adware is often bundled with freeware programs, allowing the freeware developers to cover development costs of their (usually useful) applications.
Adware itself is not dangerous – users will only be bothered with advertisements. Its danger lies in the fact that adware may also perform tracking functions (as spyware also does).
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