Name :	Adware:/Adware
Category:	Spyware
Type:	Adware

Adware is software that produces advertisements on the computer to which it is installed. Adware is often bundled with free software that provides some functionality to the user.

If the functionality of the free software outweighs the potential inconvenience of the advertisements, then the computer user may elect to keep the adware installed. Many are however unaware of the connection between the free software and the adware. For those users, the adware can be a considerable annoyance.

Note: There is also a FSAV detection for "Adware". The details below refer to that detection.


Data Miner - The application is designed to collect information about the user and does so actively. This may or may not include transmission of the information to the a remote server, but the server is owned by the company producing the detected application and more importantly, the information collected is disclosed to the user via privacy policy and/or licensing.


Trackware, Ad client.