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What is Adware?

What is Adware

Adware is the general term applied to Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP/PUA) that will display unwanted pop-ups, advertisements, audio ads  or re-direct your search results to promotional and sponosred (malicious) web sites. Adware is frequently built into freeware or shareware programs: if you download a freeware program that is packed by a wrapper the adware or bundeld programms will be installed on your system without your knowledge or consent. Sometimes a Trojan Horse… Read More »