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snoopware

snoopware noun: software covertly installed on a computer in order to monitor the user's activity or to steal confidential data.

Noun

snoopware (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Software covertly installed on a computer in order to monitor the user's activity or to steal confidential data.
    • If the snoopware was installed after the firewall, check the firewall's configuration screen. The software will probably have been added to the firewall's list of applications that are given permission to connect to the outside world.2002, PC Mag, volume 21, number 13, page 103

Origin of snoopware

From snoop + -ware.

Questions about snoopware

What does snoopware mean?
Snoopware means software covertly installed on a computer in order to monitor the user's activity or to steal confidential data.
What part of speech is snoopware?
Snoopware is a noun.

Words near snoopware in the dictionary

  1. snoopings
  2. snoopish
  3. snoopishness
  4. snoops
  5. snoops around
  6. snoopware
  7. snoopy
  8. Snoopy cap
  9. Snoopy caps
  10. snoos
  11. snoose

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