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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSchadsoftware
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Schadsoftware
"Ein gutes Antivirenprogramm schützt vor Schadsoftware."
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Software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
"The company's network was infected with dangerous malware."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Portmanteau of 'malicious' and 'software', coined around 1990 to describe software designed to disrupt or damage computer systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "malware" is said worldwide
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malveiciel
Transliteration: malveiciel
"Son ordinateur a été infecté par un logiciel malveillant."
Schadsoftware
Transliteration: Schadsoftware
"Ein gutes Antivirenprogramm schützt vor Schadsoftware."
malware
Transliteration: malware
"Il computer è stato bloccato da un pericoloso malware."
programa malicioso
Transliteration: programa malicioso
"Debes actualizar tu antivirus para evitar la entrada de malware."
malware
Transliteration: malware
"O arquivo baixado continha um malware oculto."
मालवेयर
Transliteration: maalveyar
"आपके कंप्यूटर में एक खतरनाक मालवेयर आ गया है।"
恶意软件
Transliteration: èyì ruǎnjiàn
"这封邮件包含有害的恶意软件。"
악성 소프트웨어
Transliteration: akseong softeuweedeo
"이 링크를 클릭하면 악성 소프트웨어에 감염될 수 있습니다."
マルウェア
Transliteration: maruwea
"最新のセキュリティソフトでマルウェアを検出する。"
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