Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.
Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards.
Official
Description:
Created and sold by Seismic Entertainment Productions Inc., Smartbot.Net, Inc., and Sanford Wallace. We have also noted countless "affiliate" sites promoting this software.
pqnelhleyy 266bb3f0 4fc0c9b2
Rogue "anti-spyware" that uses adware mechanisms to deluge users with pop-up ads urging users to buy their solution.
Comment:
The FTC alleges the companies covertly installed the software on computers, causing systems to be deluged by pop-up advertisements, and then sending messages saying they needed to buy "Spy Wiper" or "Spy Deleter" for $30. The FTC also alleges the defendants have unfairly: changed consumers' Web browsers, installed advertising and other software programs, and compelled purchase of anti-spyware software.
The FTC is asking the court to temporarily:
Restrain defendants from publishing, disseminating or distributing software code, script or any other content on or through the Internet, Web and other places.
Require defendants to remove the software script that exploits Web browser vulnerabilities from any Web site, Web page, and other places.
Require defendants to produce documents relating to their Internet marketing.
4 [