Editing Shareware (section)

=== Adware ===
{{Main|Adware}}

Adware, short for "advertising-supported software", is any software package which automatically renders advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author. Shareware is often packaged with adware to lower the shareware fees or eliminate the need to charge users a fee. The advertisements may take the form of a [[web banner|banner]] on an application window. The functions may be designed to analyze which [[website]]s 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, which typically are more intrusive and may appear as [[pop-up advertisement|pop-ups]], as is the case in most ad-oriented [[spyware]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMwy2y_4VFcC&pg=PT302|chapter=Adware and Spyware|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMwy2y_4VFcC|title=Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet|last=Wang|first=Wallace|publisher=[[No Starch Press]]|date=2006|access-date=2022-06-04|page=285|isbn=1-59327-105-0}}</ref> During the installation of the intended software, the user is presented with a requirement to agree to the terms of click through an [[end-user license agreement]] or similar licensing which governs the installation of the software.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Ethical and Legal Concerns of Spyware|last1=Sipior|first1=Janice C.|last2=Ward|first2=Burke T.|last3=Roselli|first3=Georgina R.|journal=Information Systems Management|date=Spring 2005|volume=22|issue=2|page=43|doi=10.1201/1078/45099.22.2.20050301/87276.5|s2cid=26291227 }}</ref>