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What is adware?

What is adware? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (computing) A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.
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If you ask me, these apps, called adware or spyware, have no business being on anyone's desktop.
In fact, most employees who are allowed to surf the web at work probably have some form of adware on their workstation.
If neither case is true, there's a real chance the software is financed by adware.
With adware, which collects data on your buying habits, there's a fine line between what's legal and what's not.
Interestingly, most adware companies slough off criticism onto their affiliates when caught purveying their unwanted goods.
For example, some programs dependent on adware or spyware will simply stop working.

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