malware
Syllables: mal·wareUK/ˈmæl.wɛː//ˈmæl.wɛəɹ/
malware noun: software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
Noun
malware (usually uncountable, plural malware or (nonstandard) malwares)
- Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
- In a follow-up attack that hit Kyiv’s power grid a year later, the suspects used a second piece of malware, called Industroyer, to cut power for an hour, the indictment said. The malware, according to experts, posed one of the greatest digital threats to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet, the...2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times
malware meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
malware in Hindi
- software developed to cause harm to a computer system
- मैलवेयर mailveyar, दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर durbhāvnāpūrṇ sŏfṭaveyar
malware in Tamil
- தீநிரல்
malware in Marathi
- software developed to cause harm to a computer system
- मालवेअर mālvear, दूर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ्टवेअर dūrbhāvnāpūrṇa sŏphṭavear
malware in Urdu
- میلویئر, مالویئر, مال ویئر
More languagesFewer languages
- malware in Bengali
- মালওয়্যার malōẇyar, ক্ষতিকর সফটওয়্যার khotikor śophoṭōẇyar
- malware in Telugu
- మాల్వేర్
- malware in Malayalam
- മാൽവെയർ, മാൽവെയറുകൾ, ക്ഷുദ്രവെയർ
- malware in Kannada
- ಮಾಲ್ವೇರ್, ಮಾಲ್ವೇರ್ಗಳು
- malware in Punjabi
- ਮਾਲਵੇਅਰ mālveara, ਦੁਰਭਾਵਨਾਪੂਰਣ ਸੌਫਟਵੇਅਰ durbhāvanāpūraṇ sauphṭaveara
- malware in Gujarati
- મૉલવેર, માલવેર, મેલવેર
- malware in Odia
- ମାଲୱେଯ଼ାର, ମାଲୱେର୍, ମାଲୱେର
- malware in Nepali
- मालवेयर mālaveyar
- malware in Arabic
- برنامج ضار
- malware in Malay
- perisian berniat jahat, perisian berbahaya, perisian hasad
- malware in Indonesian
- peranti perusak, peranti lunak berbahaya, perangkat lunak jahat, malwer
- malware in Persian
- بدافزار, نرم افزار مخرب
- malware in Thai
- มัลแวร์ mal-wɛɛ, ซอฟต์แวร์ที่เป็นอันตราย
- malware in Vietnamese
- mã độc, phần mềm độc hại, phần mềm ác ý, phần mềm ác tính
Examples of malware in a sentence
- The cyber operation began and used the same malware and TTPs from the Crimea.
- One currency that is actively mined through cryptomining malware is Monero.
- In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.
Forms of malware
| plural | malware |
|---|---|
| plural (nonstandard) | malwares |
Origin of malware
From mal- + -ware.
Words formed from malware
Questions about malware
- What does malware mean?
- Malware means software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
- What is malware in Hindi?
- Malware in Hindi is मैलवेयर (mailveyar), दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर (durbhāvnāpūrṇ sŏfṭaveyar). See Malware meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is malware?
- Malware is a noun.
- How do you pronounce malware?
- Malware is pronounced /ˈmæl.wɛː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of malware?
- The plural of malware is malware.
Words near malware in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: malware (page history and authors); malware (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malware (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malware (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malware (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malware (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malware (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malware (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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