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Badware

Malware.

📖 Definitions of "Badware"

noun
  1. 1

    Malware.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Badware"

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WordDefinition
malwarenoun(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.
madwarenoun(computing) mobile adware
pornwarenoun(computing) Pornographic software or malware.
junkwarenoun(computing) Any malicious or unwanted software.
greywarenounA style of ancient grey pottery painted with geometric patterns.
scumwarenoun(computing, informal, derogatory) malware
virusnounA submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
hijackwarenoun(computing) Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.
crapwarenoun(computing, informal) Unwanted software that comes pre-installed with personal computers or mobile devices.
crudwarenoun(computing, informal) Crapware.
buywarenoun(computing, rare) Commercial software.
malcodenoun(computing) malicious code
begwarenoun(computing, slang, derogatory) nagware
piratewarenoun(computing) Pirated software.
adwarenoun(computing) A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.
fatwarenoun(computing, informal) Bloatware.
scarewarenoun(computing, informal) Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.
riskwarenoun(computing, rare) Software that may pose a risk to a computer on which it is installed.
shitwarenoun(computing, derogatory, vulgar) Software of exceptionally poor quality.
trojannoun(computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

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