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2. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

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   A potentially unwanted program ( PUP) or potentially unwanted application ( PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security.

3. Download Valley - Wikipedia

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   Download Valley is a cluster of software companies in Israel, producing and delivering adware to be installed alongside downloads of other software. [1] The primary purpose is to monetize shareware and downloads. These software items are commonly browser toolbars, adware, browser hijackers, spyware, and malware.

4. Criticism of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   In January 2005, Microsoft released a free beta version of Windows Defender which removes some spyware and adware from computers. Windows XP offers some useful security benefits, such as Windows Update, which can be set to install security patches automatically, and a built-in firewall. If a user doesn't install the updates for a long time ...

5. Sality - Wikipedia

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   Sality is the classification for a family of malicious software ( malware ), which infects Microsoft Windows systems files. Sality was first discovered in 2003 and has advanced to become a dynamic, enduring and full-featured form of malicious code. Systems infected with Sality may communicate over a peer-to-peer (P2P) network to form a botnet ...

6. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

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   Produced by SweetLabs, it consisted of a Microsoft Windows library incorporated in a Windows Installer. When a user installed an application that had bundled the OpenCandy library, an option appeared to install software it recommended based on a scan of the user's system and geolocation. Both the option and offers it generated were selected by ...

7. Package manager - Wikipedia

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   (Both Google Play and Microsoft Store have eponymous package managers.) Free and open source software systems. By the nature of free and open source software, packages under similar and compatible licenses are available for use on a number of operating systems. These packages can be combined and distributed using configurable and internally ...