Adware, in contrast, is specifically designed to be a nuisance, sneaking its way onto people’s systems by bundling up with legit programs or disguising itself as something else. When legitimate software applications use online advertising, the ads are typically bundled within the program and designed and displayed in ways that the developer specified-and a good developer knows not to piss off customers with overbearing ads. Why would anyone knowingly install a program that behaves this way? The answer is: They wouldn’t. Have some toolbars, courtesy of Mindspark adware.
