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anti-spyware

anti-spyware is the alternative spelling of antispyware.

Meaning of antispyware

Adjective

antispyware (not comparable)

  1. (computer security) Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system
    • Ms. Amero and her supporters said the computer lacked a firewall or antispyware protections to prevent inappropriate pop-ups.2007 June 7, The Associated Press, “Connecticut Teacher Convicted in Pornography Case Gets New Trial”, in New York Times

Questions about anti-spyware

What is anti-spyware the alternative spelling of?
Anti-spyware is the alternative spelling of antispyware.

Words near anti-spyware in the dictionary

  1. anti-Soviets
  2. anti-space
  3. anti-spaces
  4. anti-spam
  5. anti-speciesism
  6. anti-spyware
  7. anti-static
  8. anti-steering
  9. anti-sterile-neutrino
  10. anti-sterile-neutrinos
  11. anti-Stokes

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