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The Avira Virus Lab has teams which are focused on detecting and stopping adware in its tracks. While there are highly technical ways to identify adware and to categorize how it behaves, here are a couple common behavioral traits we look out for:
It is really all about user choice. Sometimes people (like myself) really do want to download an app that has been fingered as adware. That’s why the PUA warning is great as it enables me to “know it when I see it”, do a little extra research, and only then decide what to download. It’s always good to know what you are putting on your device – and what you can easily take off of it.