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badware

Software, such as spyware and adware, that has been deceptively installed in the user's computer. Although it may also be called "malware," badware is not designed to purposefully destroy data or compromise a system as is a virus or Trojan. However, badware can slow down a computer while monitoring and reporting a user's habits to a third-party Web site. For more information, visit www.stopbadware.org. See spyware, adware and wares.

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No references found			Some websites will download unwanted spyware and badware on your computer without any consent from you at all. Gain (Gator) ? the Virus by D. David Dugan / Computers and Internet community The service from Google will warn users of its search engine about links to sites identified by the Stop Badware Coalition as harmful. Google warns search engine users of potentially harmful sites by Internet Business News The site aims to "provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help consumers make better choices about what they download onto their computers" and to become "a central clearinghouse for research on badware and the actors who spread it. A site to see by Piazza, Peter / Security Management			Badger, Walter Lucius Badi Al-Zaman Badi Al-Zaman Faruzanfar Badía y Leblich, Domingo Badian, Ernst Badiarikha badigeon Badin, Stephen T. Badings, Henk Badius, Jodocus Badkhyz Badkhyz Preserve Badlands Badlands National Park Badma Erdmev Badma Erdnievich Erdmev Badman, Mr. Badminton Badoglio, Pietro Badriddin Khiloli Badrinath Baduev, Said Baduev, Said Suleimanovich Badui Baduila badware Badzhalskii BAE Systems Baeck, Leo baeckeol Baeda Baedeker Baedeker, Karl Baekeland, Leo Baekeland, Leo Hendrik Baekjung baeocyte Baeothryon Baer Hills Baer's Law Baer, Arthur Baer, George Frederick Baer, Jean Georges Baer, Karl Baer, Karl Ernst von Baer, Karl Ernst, knight von Baer, Karl Maksimovich Baer, Max Baer, Werner Baerle-Duc Baetica			Bads Bads Bads Bads Bads BADS Syndrome BADSA BADSCOIVT Badshah Badshah BADSS BADST BADT BADTC BADTF BADth Baduanjin Baduanjin qigong Baduela Baduev, Said Baduev, Said Suleimanovich BADUG Badui Baduila Baduk Baduk Baduk Baduk BAdVocEd BADW badware BADX Badzhalskii BAE BAE Bae (Korean name) Bae Aberteifi Bae Aberteifi Bae Ceredigion Bae Ceredigion Bae Colwyn Bae Colwyn BAE Systems BAE Systems PLC Bae, Kim & Lee Bae/Aérospatiale Concorde Bae/Aérospatiale Concorde BAEA BAEB BAEC BAECE Baeck Baeck, Leo Baecke questionnaire baeckeol BAECM BAECON BAECs BAECU

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