madware

English

Etymology

Blend of mobile +‎ adware or mad +‎ adware.

Noun

madware (uncountable)

1. (computing) mobile adware
2. (computing, derogatory) Adware with excessive advertisements.

Quotations

1. 2014, Sven Dietrich, editor, Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment:

   This finding is inline with Symantec's recent report, which mentions the “madware” phenomenon, the practice of creating ad-aggressive mobile applications to obtain revenue.

2. 2015, Jim Doherty, Wireless and Mobile Device Security, page 333:

   As mentioned, madware is a form of very aggressive adware that is prevalent on mobile devices. Due to the way the “free application” business model works on the Internet, developers consider madware to be not only harmless, but a legitimate aspect of application behavior.