Definitions for malware
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malwarenoun

   malicious software, designed to break into a system

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. malwarenoun

   Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

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1. Malware

   Malware (a portmanteau for malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy. Researchers tend to classify malware into one or more sub-types (i.e. computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, wiper and keyloggers).Malware poses serious problems to individuals and businesses on the Internet. According to Symantec's 2018 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), malware variants number has increased to 669,947,865 in 2017, which is twice as many malware variants as in 2016. Cybercrime, which includes malware attacks as well as other crimes committed by computer, was predicted to cost the world economy $6 trillion USD in 2021, and is increasing at a rate of 15% per year. Since 2021, malware has been designed to target computer systems that run critical infrastructure such as the electricity distribution network.The defense strategies against malware differ according to the type of malware but most can be thwarted by installing antivirus software, firewalls, applying regular patches to reduce zero-day attacks, securing networks from intrusion, having regular backups and isolating infected systems. Malware is now being designed to evade antivirus software detection algorithms.

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1. malware

   Malware, short for malicious software, refers to any software program or file that is harmful to a computer or network. It is specifically designed to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system. It includes computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, and other malicious programs or codes.

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1. Malware

   Malware, short for malicious software, is software used or programmed by attackers to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. It can appear in the form of code, scripts, active content, and other software. 'Malware' is a general term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software. Malware includes computer viruses, ransomware, worms, trojan horses, rootkits, keyloggers, dialers, spyware, adware, malicious BHOs, rogue security software and other malicious programs; the majority of active malware threats are usually worms or trojans rather than viruses. In law, malware is sometimes known as a computer contaminant, as in the legal codes of several U.S. states. Malware is different from defective software, which is a legitimate software but contains harmful bugs that were not corrected before release. However, some malware is disguised as genuine software, and may come from an official company website in the form of a useful or attractive program which has the harmful malware embedded in it along with additional tracking software that gathers marketing statistics. Software such as anti-virus, anti-malware, and firewalls are relied upon by users at home, small and large organisations around the globe to safeguard against malware attacks which helps in identifying and preventing the further spread of malware in the network.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malware

   [Common] Malicious software. Software intended to cause consequences the unwitting user would not choose; especially used of virus or Trojan horse software.

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How to pronounce malware?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malware in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malware in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of malware in a Sentence

1. Trend Micro:

   This is the first time we have proof and can tie malware to a particular outage, it is pretty scary.

2. James Scott:

   Signature-based malware detection is dead. Machine learning based Artificial Intelligence is the most potent defense the next gen adversary and the mutating hash.

3. Chester Wisniewski:

   New research from Sophos Home shows that 35% of consumers never update/patch their OS and apps, or only do so when prompted. This lack of consumer awareness around best practices for protecting personal devices means that if users aren’t paying attention, a large group could fall victim to this latest malware and future attacks.

4. Craig Federighi:

   If you took Mac security techniques and applied them to the iOS ecosystem, with all those devices, all that value, it would get run over to a degree dramatically worse than is already happening on the Mac, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don't find acceptable, and that is much worse than iOS.

5. Leonardo DiMedio:

   Social Malware: Communism, Socialism, Marxism Progressive Fascism are the Social Malware of our day. (Leonardo coined the phrase Social Malware)

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malware
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malware
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=malware
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Malware