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  2. Adware - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware

    Adware has also been discovered in certain low-cost Android devices, particularly those made by small Chinese firms running on Allwinner systems-on-chip. There are even cases where adware code is embedded deep into files stored on the system and boot partitions, to which removal involves extensive (and complex) modifications to the firmware. [37]

  3. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking

    Babylon Toolbar is a browser hijacker that will change the browser homepage and set the default search engine to isearch.babylon.com. It is also a form of adware. It displays advertisements, sponsored links, and spurious paid search results. The program will collect search terms from your search queries.

  4. Malware - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware

    Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) [1] is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy.

  5. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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    Adware: Collects marketing data about you without your knowledge and displays unwanted advertisements on your computer. Spyware: Gathers personal and confidential information and shares it with ...

  6. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially_unwanted_program

    Antivirus companies define the software bundled as potentially unwanted programs [1] [2] which can include software that displays intrusive advertising (adware), or tracks the user's Internet usage to sell information to advertisers , injects its own advertising into web pages that a user looks at, or uses premium SMS services to rack up ...

  7. Malvertising - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising

    An example of a malicious advertisement, claiming that the computer is infected. Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware. [1]

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