COMPUTER SOFTWARE
TYPES OF SOFTWARE
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Nagware
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Adware
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Donationware
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Crippleware
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adware is an “advertising-supported software” that displays ads on websites and collects data on a user’s behavior for marketing purposes. Adware generates revenue for a company through display and pay-per-click advertising.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adware definition. Adware is unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on your screen, most often within a web browser. Some security professionals view it as the forerunner of the modern-day PUP (potentially unwanted program).
Detailed explanation-3: -Adware (or advertising software) is the term used for various pop-up advertisements that show up on your computer or mobile device. Adware has the potential to become malicious and harm your device by slowing it down, hijacking your browser and installing viruses and/or spyware.
Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of adware is to get users to click on or otherwise engage with advertisements. Adware developers and distributors make money when users click on the online advertising that their adware serves. There is legitimate adware that users consent to, but in many cases, it is unwanted.