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2. Adware - Wikipedia

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   Adware, often called advertising-supported software by its developers, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process. The software may generate two types of revenue: one is for the ...

3. Malvertising - Wikipedia

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   Malvertising. An example of a malicious advertisement. Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software (malware) advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware. [1] It typically involves injecting malicious or malware-laden advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks and webpages. [2]

4. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   Spyware is mostly classified into four types: adware, system monitors, tracking including web tracking, and trojans; examples of other notorious types include digital rights management capabilities that "phone home", keyloggers, rootkits, and web beacons.

5. Inappropriate advertising on AOL - AOL Help

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   The third suggestion is optional, and is intended only to help supply meaningful malware-related information to AOL Information Security. 1. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. 2. Run the Microsoft Update Utility. 3. Perform an optional AOL Security Check. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. Note: Please check to see that your ...

6. Your Must-Have Cheat Sheet for Cybersecurity Terms - AOL

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   Adware is a close cousin of spyware as many adware programs collect information about the user, often without their knowledge, to send back to advertisers for purposes of profiling for targeted ad ...

7. Remove or temporarily hide ads in AOL Mail - AOL Help

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   A new ad appears if you refresh the page or perform some actions. • Most Ads - Click the "X" or Options icon and Dislike this ad to remove that specific ad and provide feedback. • The right-side ad - Click "X" and then Stop seeing this ad to temporarily hide the ad.