Synonyms for "cryptovirus" (1 found)

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Noun(1 words)

cryptoransomware

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

malwareransomwarevirus

Related terms

7 entries

cryptolockercryptoviralcryptoviral extortioncryptovirologicalcryptovirologycryptowormmalware

derived from

1 entries

virus

has context

2 entries

biologycomputing

is a

2 entries

malwareransomware

related to

17 entries

askcryptovirologydecryptionencryptexchangeextortionfilehostinfectionkeylatentmalwarepaymentplantspecializetransmissible

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Translations

30 translations across 18 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries

• вірус-шыфравальшчык noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Czech

2 entries

• kryptovirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• šifrovací virus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Estonian

1 entries

• krüptoviirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Finnish

2 entries

• kryptovirus noun (kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means)
• kryptovirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

French

4 entries

• crypto-verrouilleur noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• cryptorançongiciel noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• cryptovirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• logiciel de cryptoverrouillage noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

German

1 entries

• Verschlüsselungstrojaner noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Hungarian

2 entries

• kriptovírus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• titkosítóvírus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Indonesian

1 entries

• virus enkripsi noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Korean

1 entries

• 크립토 바이러스 noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Latvian

3 entries

• šifrējošais vīruss noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• šifrējošā izspiedējprogrammatūra noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• šifrēšanas programmatūrā noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Macedonian

1 entries

• криптови́рус noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Norwegian

2 entries

• krypteringsvirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• kryptovirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Polish

2 entries

• kryptowirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• wirus-szyfrator noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Russian

2 entries

• ви́рус-шифрова́льщик noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• криптови́рус noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Slovene

1 entries

• kriptovirus noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Spanish

1 entries

• virus encriptador noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Turkish

2 entries

• kripto virüsü noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)
• şifreleme virüsü noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• вірус-шифрувальник noun (type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key)

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