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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. 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.

4. 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]

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

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   AOL webmail is a free email service that is made possible by marketing ads. If you find the ads to be distracting, you can temporarily hide them and even give feedback on them. To do this, hover over the ad and click the "X" in the upper right corner. You'll be given the option to temporarily hide the ad or provide feedback on it.

6. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

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   As advertisements became targeted, the borders between adware and spyware started to dissolve, combining both these programs into a single one, that both monitored users and delivered targeted ads. The fierce competition soon drove advertisers to further "enhance" the ways used for serving their ads, e.g. replacing user-requested content with ...

7. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

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   OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. They flagged OpenCandy due to its undesirable side-effects. It was designed to run during installation of other desired software.