by astroserv December 18, 2012
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No one well informed in their right mind would run software that only displayed privacy violating internet ads. Similarly no one sane and well informed would want software to embed internet ad rendering code surreptitiously or directly.
Software is payware or not-payware. There is no middle ground held by malware. The COST of using adware is violated privacy, less processing power, and less bandwidth. Adware is SELF EVIDENTLY NOT freeware nor free in any sense of the word.
Malware is software that violates the user in one or more ways.
ALL adware is malware BY DEFINITION
Anyone claiming otherwise is ignorant, evil, or delusion.
real-freeware includes Open Source, a complex movement that offers code out of selflessness.
No one well informed in their right mind would run software that only displayed privacy violating internet ads. Similarly no one sane and well informed would want software to embed internet ad rendering code surreptitiously or directly.
Software is payware or not-payware. There is no middle ground held by malware. The COST of using adware is violated privacy, less processing power, and less bandwidth. Adware is SELF EVIDENTLY NOT freeware nor free in any sense of the word.
Malware is software that violates the user in one or more ways.
ALL adware is malware BY DEFINITION
Anyone claiming otherwise is ignorant, evil, or delusion.
real-freeware includes Open Source, a complex movement that offers code out of selflessness.
ALL software on android market claiming to be freeware but rendering internet ads IS adware and by definition malware.
ALL installers using opencandy adware IS MALWARE -- and especially nefarious as it runs with admin rights.
ALL installers using opencandy adware IS MALWARE -- and especially nefarious as it runs with admin rights.
by Sculpting Hegemony October 8, 2011
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Get the adearsaboups mug.An annoying virus that infects your pc or phone giving you ads and popups and is gotten mainly from piracy sites suchas romsmania, coolrom, gamefabrique, and the famous torrent clients uTorrent and Bittorrent and youtubers that use adfly links.
Some examples of adware include:
WebHelper
Webdiscover
Webnavigator
Lavasoft Adaware (when installed by unknown source)
Any romsmania download on android
Some examples of adware include:
WebHelper
Webdiscover
Webnavigator
Lavasoft Adaware (when installed by unknown source)
Any romsmania download on android
by Cumdog with mustard April 28, 2021
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A program that either downloads itself to your machine without permission, or bundled with other software, that secretly spies on you in order to direct advertising at you.
Can be removed with Ad Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy
A program that either downloads itself to your machine without permission, or bundled with other software, that secretly spies on you in order to direct advertising at you.
Can be removed with Ad Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy
Damn adware
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