Sarah was browsing an online shopping site when a program got downloaded onto her system without her knowledge. The next day she found that her search engine had been changed, and she received pop-up advertisements of the shopping site she had visited the previous day. The program on Sarah's system is ________.
A)a cookie
B)adware
C)a payload
D)a Trojan horse

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Adware is a type of software that automatically displays or downloads advertising material, often without the user's consent. It is commonly bundled with free software or download managers and can change a user's browser settings, display pop-up ads, and track their online activity. In this scenario, the program that was downloaded onto Sarah's system without her knowledge is likely adware.

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