


And no matter how much you click to close those windows, they keep buzzing you like flies at a picnic.Īdware generates revenue for its developer by automatically displaying online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen that pops up in the user’s face during the installation process. You go online with your nice, well-behaved browser, only to see it fly into a virtual tantrum, as an onslaught of advertisements either pops up, slides in from the side, or otherwise inserts itself to interrupt and even redirect your intended activity.

“Adware is unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on your screen.”
