Common Security Threats Quick Check

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What is adware?(1 point)
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Adware is designed to carry out specific tasks only that are designed to emulate human interactivity.
Adware is designed to carry out specific tasks only that are designed to emulate human interactivity.

Adware is a program that uses a computer network to replicate and propagate throughout the system.
Adware is a program that uses a computer network to replicate and propagate throughout the system.

Adware is programming masked as advertisements that cause undesirable or invasive activities on clients’ PCs.
Adware is programming masked as advertisements that cause undesirable or invasive activities on clients’ PCs.

Adware is a part of the World Wide Web unaccessible via web browsers often used for covert or illegal activities.

Answer 1

Adware is programming masked as advertisements that cause undesirable or invasive activities on clients’ PCs.