Question

Sarah was browsing an online shopping site when a program got downloaded onto her system without her knowledge. The next day she found that her search engine had been changed, and she received pop-up advertisements of the shopping site she had visited the previous day. The program on Sarah's system is ________.

Answer 1

adware

Step-by-step explanation:

• An adware can be defined as a malicious software also known by the term malware.
• Adware or advertisement-supporting software gets itself installed on to your system without letting you know and then interrupts your activity be displaying advertisements you don't want to see or by opening non close able windows.
• The adware may presents ads in a variety of ways including pictures, banners, videos and pop-ups.
• All the clicks made in order to skip or close any advertisement may be a source to pay to the one who has set that specific adware.

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