What Is Adware

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is adware?

• A)a special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission
• B)experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge
• C)a computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network
• D)software that, while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without the need for learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus due to repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning or learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.