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Just to be clear, the "malware" which you are talking about is ads in the Windows system, is that correct? Or is there some other malware you mean as well? Hon

Just to be clear, the "malware" which you are talking about is ads in the Windows system, is that correct? Or is there some other malware you mean as well? Honest question. I really am not sure what specifically you are referring to with your malware claim. Also - > They have included software which does things explicitly counter to what the user wants. That is what malware is. Unless of course you want adverts, in that case, more power to you. Are you saying literally 100% of ads are malware? That is a pretty broad definition, and it means 99+% of websites out there have malware. Google/FB/etc are litteral malware companies. I've got problems with Google/FB/etc, but I think its silly to call them malware companies.

esotericn 6y ago
Dude, just read my original post. It's all there in the very next line, it's not like there's anything to explain, I could add more to the list but if you think those things are fine there's no point. I don't want that shit on my machine, my friend's machines, my family's machines, in fact I'd prefer that it didn't exist at all. I think that people who think this stuff is acceptable and implement it are passively acting in evil ways. I don't really care to play some pissant game around how you choose to define a word, but if you must, let us do this logically: A JavaScript tracker created for a reason which serves only to degrade the user's experience is definitionally malware. A standard advertising banner isn't malware because there's no software involved, but in the case of 90+% of ad banners out there, I generally feel comfortable in calling them malicious, sure.