Jazz Spot is a potentially unwanted program that is forced upon users downloading free software whose install process has been modified. We classify Jazz Spot as potentially unwanted because there’s usually a way to stop it from being installed… all it takes is for us to be aware of what we’re doing when installing something we downloaded from the net.
Jazz Spot‘s only goal is to use your computer as an income source for its developer. They manage to make money through you thanks to all the ads you’ll be forced to see. This is why Jazz Spot is considered an adware. It inserts ads in real time which has the tendency to slow down your browser’s response time when not the whole computer.
These ads are shown directly as content of every website you visit, causing all sorts of bugs and ruining the visual looks of any page you attempt to visit.
Usually, these ads are tagged either as Powered by Jazz Spot or Jazz Spot Ads.
Jazz Spot can also be considered a spyware, because it collects data about the way you browse the web, including every page you visit and every search you make. This data is useful to customize ads shown by Jazz Spot so they match your interests but also to be saved into commercial databases that will be sold afterwards.
We can easily find a website posing as official page for Jazz Spot, although it’s not possible to download it there. This website was only built to publish their Conditions of Use, so they are protected from any legal action against them.
Take into consideration that you have automatically accepted every condition listed there by the simple act of installing Jazz Spot, if you did it on purpose or not makes no difference whatsoever.
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