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Noun: malware  'mal,wehr
  1. Malicious software, designed to break into a system
     
  2. A computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
    - malevolent program

Derived forms: malwares

Type of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], computer software, package, program, programme [Brit, Cdn], software, software package, software program, software system

Encyclopedia: Malware