spyware

English

Etymology

From spy +‎ -ware.

Noun

spyware (uncountable)

1. (Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]
   • 2017 December, 5:24 from the start, in Interview with hacktivist Jaromil‎^[1], ArtEZ studium generale:

     In the end of the 90s we call^[sic] this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]

Related terms

• abandonware
• adware
• antispyware
• baitware
• bloatware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• freeware
• malware
• postcardware
• shareware
• software
• trialware

 

Translations

program

• Arabic: بَرَامِج تَجَسُّس m pl (barāmij tajassus)
• Armenian: լրտեսածրագիր (lrtesacragir)
• Azerbaijani: casus proqram
• Belarusian: шпіёнскае праграмнае забеспячэнне n (špijónskaje prahramnaje zabjespjačennje)
• Catalan: programari espia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間諜軟件／间谍软件 (zh), 间谍软件 (zh) (jiàndié ruǎnjiàn); 間諜軟體／间谍软体, 间谍软体 (jiàndié ruǎntǐ)

• Czech: špehovací software m, spyware m
• Danish: spionprogram n
• Dutch: spyware (nl) m
• Estonian: nuhkvara
• Finnish: vakoiluohjelma
• French: logiciel espion (fr) m, espiogiciel (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯაშუში პროგრამა (ǯašuši ṗrograma), ჯაშუშური პროგრამა (ǯašušuri ṗrograma)
• German: Spyware (de) ?
• Hebrew: רוגלה f
• Hungarian: kémszoftver (hu), kémprogram (hu)
• Indonesian: perangkat pengintai
• Italian: spyware (it) m
• Japanese: スパイウェア (ja) (supaiwea)
• Korean: 스파이웨어 (seupaiwea)
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• Latvian: spiegprogrammatūra f
• Macedonian: шпионски софтвер m (špionski softver)
• Malay: perisian pengintip, perisian perisik, perisian intip
• Norwegian: spionprogramvare ?, spionvare m
• Persian: نرم افزارهای جاسوسی
• Polish: oprogramowanie szpiegujące n, oprogramowanie szpiegowskie n
• Portuguese: spyware ?
• Romanian: program spion ?
• Russian: шпио́нское ПО n (špiónskoje PO), шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние n (špiónskoje prográmmnoje obespečénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шпѝјӯнски со̏фтве̄р m, спајвер m

  Latin: špìjūnski sȍftvēr m, spajver (sh) m

• Slovak: špehovací softvér m, špionážny softvér m, spyware (sk) m, spajvér m
• Slovene: vohunska programska oprema f, vohunsko programje n
• Spanish: software espía m, programa espía m
• Swedish: spionprogram ?
• Thai: ซอฟต์แวร์สอดแนม (sôfwae sòt-naem)
• Turkish: casus yazılım
• Turkmen: içaly programma üpjünçiligi
• Vietnamese: phần mềm gián điệp

Further reading

• spyware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• yawpers

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English spyware.

Noun

1. (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)

Synonyms

• špionážní software
• špehovací software (rare)

Further reading

• spyware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English spyware.

Noun

spyware m (plural spywares)

1. (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)

Derived terms

• antispyware

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Slovak

Alternative forms

• spajvér

Etymology

Borrowed from English spyware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspajvɛːr/

Noun

spyware m

1. (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)

Synonyms

• špehovací softvér
• špionážny softvér

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spyware.

Noun

spyware m (plural spywares)

1. spyware

Synonyms

• software espía
• programa espía