What is Badware?

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adware is software that fundamentally disregards a user’s choice about how his or her computer or network connection will be used.

Some badware is specifically designed for criminal, political, and/or mischievous purposes. These purposes might include:

• stealing financial account numbers, passwords, corporate trade secrets, or other confidential information;
• tricking the user into buying something that she or he doesn’t need;
• sending junk email (spam);
• attacking other computers or networks;
• distributing more badware.

This type of badware is often referred to as malware, and includes viruses, Trojans, rootkits, spam bots, and other varieties

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