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Adware, or advertising-supported software, is any software package that automatically renders advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author.

The advertisements may be in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process.

The functions may be designed to analyze which Internet sites the user visits and to present advertising pertinent to the types of goods or services featured there.

The term is sometimes used to refer to software that displays unwanted advertisements known as .

Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge.

Malware, short for malicious software, is any software used to disrupt computer or mobile operations, gather sensitive information, gain access to private computer systems, or display unwanted advertising.

Before the term malware was coined by Yisrael Radai in 1990, malicious software was referred to as computer viruses.

The first category of malware propagation concerns parasitic software fragments that attach themselves to some existing executable content.

The fragment may be machine code that infects some existing application, utility, or system program, or even the code used to boot a computer system.

Malware is defined by its malicious intent, acting against the requirements of the computer user, and does not include software that causes unintentional harm due to some deficiency.

In marketing, product bundling is offering several products for sale as one combined product.

It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product markets.

Industries engaged in the practice include telecommunications, financial services, health care, and information.

A software bundle might include a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation program into a single office suite.

The cable television industry often bundles channels into a single tier.

The fast food industry combines separate food items into a complete meal.

A bundle of products may be called a package deal, a compilation or an anthology.

In Windows NT operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in the background.

It is similar in concept to a Unix daemon.

A Windows service must conform to the interface rules and protocols of the Service Control Manager, the component responsible for managing Windows services.