Question

tony, a student of portland state university, was working on a chemistry project. while on the internet, tony was constantly bombarded by unwanted advertisements which randomly popped up on various websites. he realized that this was due to the software that automatically got installed along with the new game software he recently downloaded from the internet. tonys system is affected by _________.

Explanation:

Adware is software that automatically displays or downloads unwanted advertisements when a user is online. Tony's issue of constant unwanted pop-up ads from installed software matches the definition of adware. Spyware collects user data without consent, spam is unsolicited messages, and cookies are small data files for website functionality—none fit the ad-focused problem described.

Answer:

adware