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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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Some websites will download unwanted spyware and badware on your computer without any consent from you at all.
The service from Google will warn users of its search engine about links to sites identified by the Stop Badware Coalition as harmful.
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.
 
 
 
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