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hijackware

hijackware noun: malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.

Noun

hijackware (uncountable)

  1. Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.

Origin of hijackware

From hijack + -ware.

Questions about hijackware

What does hijackware mean?
Hijackware means malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.
What part of speech is hijackware?
Hijackware is a noun.

Words near hijackware in the dictionary

  1. hijacker
  2. hijackers
  3. hijacking
  4. hijackings
  5. hijacks
  6. hijackware
  7. hijada
  8. hijadas
  9. Hijagang
  10. Hijam
  11. hijama

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