What is adware?

Answer by  Shurephyre (37)

Adware is software whose purpose is to display advertisements. (Ad + Software = Adware) It is often seen as bad and is often removed from computers when possible.

Answer by  Mturk85 (133)

Adware is a web software which is similar to Ads. The most common ones are pop-Ads. When surfing on Internet and open a website, you may get not only one page, but also other Ad pages. This a common adware. And some of them are secure, but some are viruses.

Answer by  johnchristopheryap (40)

Software package that automatically plays, downloads, display advertisements to the computer after the software is installed. some types of adware are also considered as spyware.

Answer by  ahsanmahmoodawan (1169)

ADware is also called advertising supported software , its a any software package which automatically play or displays advertisement to a computer after software is installed on it while the application is being used . some of adwares are spyware and can be classified on piracy invasive software