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Think Adware Hasn't Affected You? Think Again.
By Josh George
It is pretty safe to say that a majority of people have been affected by the phenomenon of adware. Whether or not adware's impact is a positive or negative one is up to the user to decide. That being said, this article's purpose isto simply help distinguish the optimistic and pessimistic elements of adware.
Adware In Its Negative Form:
For most people, adware's negative characteristics are nothing but obvious. People's primary problem with adware is its ability to display advertisements in pop up form whenever it wants. On top of that, adware has also been known to slow down a computer's speed and performance.
Digressing from the functionality aspect of adware, people have also become very frustrated in trying to remove adware. From restarting the computer, to Internet-suggested manual methods, to virus scans, some adware will just not seem to go away, no matter what people do. In these situations, it seems the only proven solution to removing adware is to wipe the computer hard drive clean by reformatting and then just reinstall everything, which most are not willing to do.
At this point, a lot of people can probably agree on all of the negative aspects of adware. Heck, there are probably a lot more issues people have with adware that were not discussed above, but these are just the primary frustrations people have. At this point, a lot of people would probably laugh at the fact that adware has positive characteristics to it, but it's true. As crazy as it sounds, below will discuss the positive traits of adware.
Adware and the Good it has Provided:
Here is a question for you: have you ever got something off of the Internet for free (legally, of course) and the owner/developer of whatever you downloaded asked you for a donation? That being said, have you ever donated to freely download what these owners/developers offer? And no, donating your time to visit their site and use their software doesn't count. It would be a good guess to say the majority of people will not donate any money for free downloads. This is where adware comes into play.
In most occasions, where there is adware, there is money to be made. Since there are not enough monetary donations to cover expenses incurred from developing a download, advertisers are usually willing to contribute money. For the advertiser's money, they simply ask the download distributors to add their adware with whatever they are offering. Since this is probably the best alterative for the developer (minus spending his/her own money), (s)he agrees to bundle the adware and in return, you are allowed to download whatever is being offered for free.
So there you have it, adware does in fact serve a positive aspect on the web. It doesn't matter if you do or do not utilize free downloads, because so many people already do. Having said that, adware is responsible for making so many downloads available for free.
About the Author
Josh George's website contains free adware information, adware tools, and useful guides proven to help prevent annoying pop-ups from appearing on computers. If you want to learn how to help protect your own system from annoying adware, have a look at his site: Adware Resource.
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