Question

what is adware and phishing

Answer 1

phishing is a general term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software. ... phishing includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware, most rootkits, and other malicious programs.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Adware refers to the pop ups that open automatically on the system. Tgey usually halt the current program and appear right in the centre of the screen besides hogging your network bandwidth.
• Phishing is the act of extracting important information from innocent users by posing as someone reliable. Some websites carry out phishing by disguising themselves as any socially important website and then asking people to provide confidential information. This confidential information is later used for harmful purposes.

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