{"id":696,"date":"2015-02-26T23:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T23:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/sw-austin-tx\/?p=696"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:30:33","slug":"adware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/sw-austin-tx\/adware\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Adware?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adware is the combination of the words <strong>Ad<\/strong> and soft<strong>ware<\/strong> making up the word.\u00a0\u00a0 It is software that delivers ads to you.\u00a0\u00a0 It is often the cause of Pop-up ads particularly ones that come up even without browsing the internet. It can also Hijack your browsers home page and search engine forcing their ads to come up. They can deliver \u201crelevant ad content\u201d buy using internet cookies stored on your computer or information gathered by its sister program spyware. Unlike viruses adware often operates in kind of a legal grey area.\u00a0\u00a0 It is typically included with something else that you choose to install on your computer, usually a \u201cfree\u201d program (a free Screensaver or rebate finder, or utility to make your computer faster). \u00a0It also typically tells you in that licensing agreement that you clicked \u201cagree\u201d on without reading that the Adware is included in exchange for your use of that \u201cfree program\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Adware can also include Trojan downloader program \u2013 that is programs that can download other programs without your knowledge and acceptance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adware is the combination of the words Ad and software making up the word.\u00a0\u00a0 It is software that delivers ads to you.\u00a0\u00a0 It is often the cause of Pop-up ads particularly ones that come up even without browsing the internet. 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