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Phishing
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Darkware
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Pop-up
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Cookie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adware definition. Adware is unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on your screen, most often within a web browser.
Detailed explanation-2: -adware. a software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.
Detailed explanation-3: -Malware, short for “malicious software, ‘’ refers to software designed to gather sensitive information, monitor your web browsing or keyboard activity, gain access to a private system, or cause damage or disrupt a computer, server or network.
Detailed explanation-4: -7. What type of malware is adware typically classified as? Adware is typically classified as a type of potentially unwanted program, or PUP. Backdoors and rootkits are definitely malicious, whereas adware may simply be unwanted and annoying.