English
Etymology
crypto- + virus
Pronunciation
Noun
cryptovirus (plural cryptoviruses)
- (computing) Malware that specializes in extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key.
- (biology) A kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means.
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Translations
malware
- Belarusian: вірус-шыфравальшчык m (virus-šyfravalʹščyk)
- Czech: kryptovirus m, šifrovací virus m
- Estonian: krüptoviirus
- Finnish: kryptovirus
- French: crypto-verrouilleur (fr) m, cryptorançongiciel (fr) m, cryptovirus (fr) m, logiciel de cryptoverrouillage (fr) m
- German: Verschlüsselungstrojaner m
- Hungarian: titkosítóvírus (hu), kriptovírus
- Indonesian: virus enkripsi
- Korean: 크립토 바이러스 (keuripto baireoseu)
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- Latvian: šifrējošais vīruss m, šifrēšanas programmatūrā f, šifrējošā izspiedējprogrammatūra f
- Norwegian: kryptovirus n, krypteringsvirus n
- Polish: kryptowirus m, wirus-szyfrator m
- Russian: криптовирус m (kriptovirus), ви́рус-шифрова́льщик m (vírus-šifroválʹščik)
- Slovene: kriptovirus m
- Spanish: virus encriptador m
- Turkish: şifreleme virüsü, kripto virüsü
- Ukrainian: вірус-шифрувальник m (virus-šyfruvalʹnyk)
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See also
Cryptovirology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 