malware

See also: Malware

English

Etymology

Blend of malicious +‎ software.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

Translations

software developed to cause harm to a computer system

• Afrikaans: skadelike programmatuur
• Amharic: ማልዌር (malwer)
• Arabic: برنامج ضار
• Armenian: վնասագիր (vnasagir), վնասակար ծրագրային ապահովում (vnasakar cragrayin apahovum), վնասարար ծրագրաշար (vnasarar cragrašar)
• Azerbaijani: ziyankar proqram, ziyanverici proqram
• Basque: software kaltegarria
• Belarusian: шкоднасная праграма f (škódnasnaja prahrama)
• Bengali: মালওয়্যার (bn) (malōẇyar), ক্ষতিকর সফটওয়্যার (khotikor śophoṭōẇyar)
• Bulgarian: злонамерен софтуер m (zlonameren softuer)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流氓軟件／流氓软件 (zh) (liúmáng ruǎnjiàn), 流氓软件 (zh) (liúmáng ruǎnjiàn), 惡意軟件／恶意软件 (èyì ruǎnjiàn), 恶意软件 (èyì ruǎnjiàn)

• Czech: malware (cs) m, škodlivý software (cs) m
• Danish: malware ?, skadelig software ?
• Dutch: malware (nl) m, schadelijke software m
• Esperanto: fiprogramaro
• Estonian: pahavara, ründevara
• Finnish: haittaohjelma (fi)
• French: maliciel (fr) m, logiciel malveillant m
• Georgian: მავნე პროგრამა (mavne ṗrograma), საზიანო პროგრამა (saziano ṗrograma)
• German: Schadsoftware (de) f
• Greek: κακόβουλο λογισμικό ? (kakóvoulo logismikó), επιβλαβές λογισμικό ? (epivlavés logismikó)
• Hebrew: תוכנות מזיקות ?, תוכנה זדונית ?
• Hindi: मैलवेयर ? (mailveyar), दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर ? (durbhāvnāpūrṇ sŏfṭaveyar)
• Hungarian: rosszindulatú szoftver, kártevő szoftver, kártékony szoftver
• Indonesian: perangkat perusak, perangkat lunak berbahaya, perangkat lunak jahat
• Italian: malware (it) m, software dannoso m
• Japanese: マルウェア (maruwea), 悪意のソフトウェア (akui no sofutowea), 不正ソフトウェア (fusei sofutowea), 有害なソフトウェア (yūgai na sofutowea)
• Javanese: piranti pangrusak
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• Korean: 맬웨어 (maerweeo), 악성 소프트웨어 (akseong sopeuteuweeo)
• Latvian: ļaunprogrammatūra f, ļaunatūra f
• Lithuanian: kenkėjiška programa ?
• Macedonian: злонамерен софтвер m (zlonameren softver), штетен софтвер m (šteten softver)
• Malay: perisian berniat jahat, perisian berbahaya, perisian hasad
• Maori: pūmanawa kino
• Marathi: मालवेअर m (mālvear), दूर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ्टवेअर ? (dūrbhāvnāpūrṇa sŏphṭavear)
• Nepali: मालवेयर (mālaveyar)
• Norwegian: skadelig programvare f, skadevare f
• Persian: بدافزار (fa), نرم افزار مخرب
• Polish: szkodliwe oprogramowanie (pl) n, złośliwe oprogramowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: malware m, software malicioso m, programa malicioso m
• Punjabi: ਮਾਲਵੇਅਰ ? (mālveara), ਦੁਰਭਾਵਨਾਪੂਰਣ ਸੌਫਟਵੇਅਰ ? (durbhāvanāpūraṇ sauphṭaveara)
• Romanian: malware n, software rău intenționat n
• Russian: вредоно́сная програ́мма f (vredonósnaja prográmma), зловре́дная програ́мма f (zlovrédnaja prográmma), вредоно́с (ru) m (vredonós), зловре́д (ru) m (zlovréd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: малвер m, штетни со̏фтве̄р m, злонамјерни со̏фтве̄р m / злонамерни со̏фтве̄р m

  Roman: malver (sh) m, štetni sȍftvēr (sh) m, zlonamjerni sȍftvēr (sh) m / zlonamerni sȍftvēr m

• Slovak: malvér (sk) m, škodlivý softvér m
• Slovene: škodljivo programje n, zlonamerno programje n
• Spanish: malware (es) m, software malicioso m
• Swedish: skadlig programvara c, sabotageprogram (sv) n
• Thai: มัลแวร์ (mal-wɛɛ), ซอฟต์แวร์ที่เป็นอันตราย
• Turkish: zararlı yazılım
• Turkmen: zyýanly programma
• Ukrainian: шкідлива програма f (škidlyva prohrama)
• Uzbek: zararli dastur
• Vietnamese: phần mềm độc hại

Hyponyms

See Thesaurus:malware

See also

• backdoor
• exploit
• URL injection
• wabbit
• -ware

 

Descendants

• Amharic: ማልዌር (malwer)
• Bengali: মালওয়্যার (malōẇyar)
• Hindi: मैलवेयर m (mailveyar)
• Japanese: マルウェア
• Korean: 맬웨어 (maerweeo)
• Macedonian: малвер m (malver)
• Serbo-Croatian: malver m
• Slovak: malvér m
• Thai: มัลแวร์ (mal-wɛɛ)

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

1. (computing) malware

   Synonym: škodlivý software

Further reading

• malware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: skadelig software

Further reading

• malware on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mal‧ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

1. malware

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lwɛʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

Further reading

• logiciel malveillant on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (countable and uncountable, plural malwari)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software dannoso

Further reading

• malware on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

1. (computing) malware

   Synonyms: software rău intenționat, (rare) software dăunător

Declension

Declension of malware

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) malware	malware-ul	(niște) malware-uri	malware-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) malware	malware-ului	(unor) malware-uri	malware-urilor
vocative	malware-ule		malware-urilor

Further reading

• software rău intenționat on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalweɾ/ [ˈma.lweɾ]

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

Further reading

• malware on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl