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What is adware?


Adware is often referred to as ad-supported software by developers, but there are many differences!



Adware is not freeware, but adware = software financed by advertising!


This type of software collects your personal behavior patterns, displays advertisements or in the worst case adware, you are not informed that it is collecting personal data!

If the adware works with your consent !,

and the data is collected, it should not be confused with Trojan spyware programs that collect information without your permission.



If the adware fails to notify you!

That information is being collected, it can be considered malicious, like malware using the behavior of Trojans .


See also: What is Rahn software or ransomware?







FAQ 168: Updated on: 1 October 2020 07:27 Windows
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What is analogy?


The term analogy comes from the Greek analogy Ana-Logie Example: the two clocks run analogously to each other, i.e. in lockstep. Just like the soldiers
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What is a VeraCrypt container?


The encryption of data carriers such as USB sticks or external hard drives is always a free VeraCrypt app The VeraCrypt container is therefore an encrypted
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What is a hard drive volume?


A volume of a mass storage device such as a hard drive that you are confronted with in the operating system. The volume, often referred to as a partition,
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What are desktop fonts?


Desktop fonts, are the fonts that are preferred for the desktop This is the case with Windows, Linux, Mac OS and smartphones, there are preferred font types which,
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What is screen optimization?


Screen optimization is the entire possibility to improve the display   The screen optimization are all techniques to achieve optimal display and representation
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What is Clear Type?


With ClearType font technology, words on your computer look almost as sharp and clear as they appear on paper. ClearType is a software technology developed
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What is the Mandela Effect?


Everyone has been convinced that something happened in a certain way, but sometimes its because you had a wrong memory of something In such a case one

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