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Gipsi 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 Gipsi's system is ________.

A. a cookie
B. adware
C. a payload
D. a Trojan horse

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Answer:

B. adware

Step-by-step explanation:

An adware refers to programs that show advertisements on your computer in different forms like a pop up or a banner display. This type of software install itself on your computer without your permission and it can also redirect your searches and gather information. According to this, the program on Gipsi's system is an adware.

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