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English
Etymology
From mal- + -ware .
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˈmæl.weə(ɹ)/
Hyphenation: mal‧ware
Noun
malware (usually uncountable , plural malwares )
( computing ) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious , undesirable manner .
Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware
2020 October 19, “U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks”, in New York Times :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 computer attack by the United States and Israel that took out Iran’s uranium centrifuges in 2009.
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Translations
software developed to cause harm to a computer system
Afrikaans: skadelike programmatuur
Amharic: ማልዌር ( malwer )
Arabic: برنامج ضار
Armenian: վնասագիր ( vnasagir ) , վնասակար ծրագրային ապահովում ( vnasakar cragrayin apahovum ) , վնասարար ծրագրաշար ( vnasarar cragrašar )
Azerbaijani: ziyankar proqram , ziyanverici proqram
Basque: software kaltegarria
Belarusian: шкоднасная праграма f ( škódnasnaja prahrama )
Bengali: মালওয়্যার (bn) ( malōẇyar ) , ক্ষতিকর সফটওয়্যার ( khotikor śophoṭōẇyar )
Bulgarian: злонамерен софтуер m ( zlonameren softuer )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流氓軟件 / 流氓软件 (zh) ( liúmáng ruǎnjiàn ) , 惡意軟件 / 恶意软件 (zh) ( èyì ruǎnjiàn )
Czech: malware (cs) m , škodlivý software (cs) m
Danish: malware (da) ? , skadelig software ?
Dutch: malware (nl) m , schadelijke software m
Esperanto: fiprogramaro
Estonian: pahavara , ründevara
Finnish: haittaohjelma (fi)
French: maliciel (fr) m , logiciel malveillant m
Georgian: მავნე პროგრამა ( mavne ṗrograma ) , საზიანო პროგრამა ( saziano ṗrograma )
German: Schadsoftware (de) f , Malware (de) f , Schadprogramm (de) n
Greek: κακόβουλο λογισμικό n ( kakóvoulo logismikó ) , επιβλαβές λογισμικό n ( epivlavés logismikó )
Hebrew: תוכנות מזיקות f , תוכנה זדונית f
Hindi: मैलवेयर ? ( mailveyar ) , दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर ? ( durbhāvnāpūrṇ sŏfṭaveyar )
Hungarian: rosszindulatú szoftver , kártevő szoftver , kártékony szoftver
Indonesian: peranti perusak , peranti lunak berbahaya , perangkat lunak jahat , malwer
Italian: malware (it) m , software dannoso m
Japanese: マルウェア (ja) ( maruwea ) , 悪意 の ソフトウェア ( akui no sofutowea ) , 不正 ソフトウェア ( fusei sofutowea ) , 有害 な ソフトウェア ( yūgai na sofutowea )
Javanese: piranti pangrusak
Korean: 맬웨어 ( maerweeo ) , 악성 소프트웨어 ( akseong sopeuteuweeo )
Latvian: ļaunprogrammatūra f , ļaunatūra f
Lithuanian: kenkėjiška programa f
Macedonian: злонамерен софтвер m ( zlonameren softver ) , штетен софтвер m ( šteten softver )
Malay: perisian berniat jahat , perisian berbahaya , perisian hasad
Maori: pūmanawa kino
Marathi: मालवेअर m ( mālvear ) , दूर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ्टवेअर ? ( dūrbhāvnāpūrṇa sŏphṭavear )
Nepali: मालवेयर ( mālaveyar )
Norwegian: skadelig programvare f , skadevare f
Persian: بدافزار (fa) , نرم افزار مخرب
Polish: szkodliwe oprogramowanie (pl) n , złośliwe oprogramowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: malware (pt) m , programa malicioso m
Punjabi: ਮਾਲਵੇਅਰ ? ( mālveara ) , ਦੁਰਭਾਵਨਾਪੂਰਣ ਸੌਫਟਵੇਅਰ ? ( durbhāvanāpūraṇ sauphṭaveara )
Romanian: malware n , software rău intenționat n
Russian: вредоно́сная програ́мма f ( vredonósnaja prográmma ) , зловре́дная програ́мма f ( zlovrédnaja prográmma ) , вредоно́с (ru) m ( vredonós ) , зловре́д (ru) m ( zlovréd )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: малвер m , штетни со̏фтве̄р m , злонамјерни со̏фтве̄р m / злонамерни со̏фтве̄р m
Roman: malver (sh) m , štetni sȍftvēr (sh) m , zlonamjerni sȍftvēr (sh) m / zlonamerni sȍftvēr m
Slovak: malvér (sk) m , škodlivý softvér m
Slovene: škodljivo programje n , zlonamerno programje n
Spanish: malware (es) m , programa malicioso m
Swedish: skadlig programvara c , sabotageprogram (sv) n
Thai: มัลแวร์ ( mal-wɛɛ ) , ซอฟต์แวร์ที่เป็นอันตราย
Turkish: zararlı yazılım
Turkmen: zyýanly programma
Ukrainian: шкідлива програма f ( škidlyva prohrama )
Uzbek: zararli dastur
Vietnamese: mã độc , phần mềm độc hại , phần mềm ác ý , phần mềm ác tính , phần mềm gây hại
Welsh: maleiswedd f
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English malware .
Pronunciation
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Noun
malware m inan
( computing ) malware
Synonym: škodlivý software
Declension
Declension of malware (hard masculine inanimate foreign )
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English malware .
Noun
malware (singular definite ? , plural indefinite malware )
( computing ) malware ( software developed to harm a computer system )
Synonym: skadelig software
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English malware .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmɑl.ʋɛːr/ ( usually pronounced in a way approximating the English )
Hyphenation: mal‧ware
Noun
malware m (uncountable )
malware
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English malware .
Pronunciation
Noun
malware m (plural malwares )
( computing ) malware ( software developed to harm a computer system )
Synonyms: maliciel , logiciel malveillant , ( rare ) logiciel nuisible , ( rare ) pourriciel
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English malware .
Noun
malware m (countable and uncountable , invariable )
( computing ) malware ( “ software developed to harm a computer system ” )
Synonym: software dannoso
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English malware .
Pronunciation
Noun
malware m (plural malwares )
( computer security ) malware ( software developed to harm a computer system )
Synonym: software malicioso
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English malware .
Noun
malware n (plural ( rare ) malware-uri )
( computing ) malware
Synonyms: software rău intenționat , ( rare ) software dăunător
Declension
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English malware .
Pronunciation
Noun
malware m (plural malwares )
( computing ) malware ( software developed to harm a computer system )
Synonym: software malicioso
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English malware . Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish ).
Pronunciation
Noun
malware (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔ )
( computing ) malware ( software developed to harm a computer system )
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