Other companies terms

Other terms used by other antivirus companies in their classifications

Advware, BrowserHijackers – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware

Grayware – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware, Riskware, and Pornware

Greyware – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware, Riskware, and Pornware

PUA (Potentially Unwanted Applications) – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware, Riskware, and Pornware

PUT (Potentially Unwanted Technologies) – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware, Riskware, and Pornware

PUP (Potentially Unwanted Programs) – classified by Kaspersky Lab as Adware, Riskware, and Pornware

Trackware – Kaspersky Lab classifies this as a subset of Adware. This term is used for programs that collect system activity data, information about user habits, etc. This category does not include programs that collect confidential data.

Data Miners – Kaspersky Lab classifies this as a subset of Adware. This term is used for programs that collect system activity data, information about user habits, etc. This category does not include programs that collect confidential data.