Malware

Synonyms for "malware"

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Translations

110 translations across 54 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skadelike programmatuur noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ማልዌር noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Arabic

1 entries
  • برنامج ضار noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Armenian

3 entries
  • վնասագիր noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • վնասակար ծրագրային ապահովում noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • վնասարար ծրագրաշար noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ziyankar proqram noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • ziyanverici proqram noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Basque

1 entries
  • software kaltegarria noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шкоднасная праграма noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ক্ষতিকর সফটওয়্যার noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • মালওয়্যার noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • злонамерен софтуер noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 惡意軟件 /恶意软件 noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • 流氓軟件 /流氓软件 noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Czech

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • škodlivý software noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Danish

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • skadelig software noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Dutch

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • schadelijke software noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fiprogramaro noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Estonian

2 entries
  • pahavara noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • ründevara noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Finnish

1 entries
  • haittaohjelma noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

French

2 entries
  • logiciel malveillant noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • maliciel noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მავნე პროგრამა noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • საზიანო პროგრამა noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

German

3 entries
  • Malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • Schadprogramm noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • Schadsoftware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Greek

2 entries
  • επιβλαβές λογισμικό noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • κακόβουλο λογισμικό noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תוכנה זדונית noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • תוכנות מזיקות noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दुर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ़्टवेयर noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • मैलवेयर noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kártevő szoftver noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • kártékony szoftver noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • rosszindulatú szoftver noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • malwer noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • perangkat lunak jahat noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • peranti lunak berbahaya noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • peranti perusak noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Italian

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • software dannoso noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Japanese

4 entries
  • マルウェア noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • 不正ソフトウェア noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • 悪意のソフトウェア noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • 有害なソフトウェア noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Javanese

1 entries
  • piranti pangrusak noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Korean

2 entries
  • 맬웨어 noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • 악성 소프트웨어 noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Latvian

2 entries
  • ļaunatūra noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • ļaunprogrammatūra noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kenkėjiška programa noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • злонамерен софтвер noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • штетен софтвер noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Malay

3 entries
  • perisian berbahaya noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • perisian berniat jahat noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • perisian hasad noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Marathi

2 entries
  • दूर्भावनापूर्ण सॉफ्टवेअर noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • मालवेअर noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūmanawa kino noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Nepali

1 entries
  • मालवेयर noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • skadelig programvare noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • skadevare noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Persian

2 entries
  • بدافزار noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • نرم افزار مخرب noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Polish

2 entries
  • szkodliwe oprogramowanie noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • złośliwe oprogramowanie noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • programa malicioso noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਦੁਰਭਾਵਨਾਪੂਰਣ ਸੌਫਟਵੇਅਰ noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • ਮਾਲਵੇਅਰ noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Romanian

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • software rău intenționat noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Russian

4 entries
  • вредоно́с noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • вредоно́сная програ́мма noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • зловре́д noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • зловре́дная програ́мма noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • malver noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • zlonamerni sȍftvēr noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • zlonamjerni sȍftvēr noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • štetni sȍftvēr noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Slovak

2 entries
  • malvér noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • škodlivý softvér noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Slovene

2 entries
  • zlonamerno programje noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • škodljivo programje noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Spanish

2 entries
  • malware noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • programa malicioso noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Swedish

2 entries
  • sabotageprogram noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • skadlig programvara noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Thai

2 entries
  • ซอฟต์แวร์ที่เป็นอันตราย noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • มัลแวร์ noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zararlı yazılım noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • zyýanly programma noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шкідлива програма noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • zararli dastur noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mã độc noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • phần mềm gây hại noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • phần mềm ác tính noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)
  • phần mềm ác ý noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Welsh

1 entries
  • maleiswedd noun (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Iranian nuclear program has just been attacked by malware.

Source: tatoeba (537496)

Malware? This word will be a hit. It could become the word of the decade and, why not, of the century.

Source: tatoeba (537501)

The files that you are downloading from this website may contain malware.

Source: tatoeba (8127221)

Some attacks are focused on phishing, looking to steal user IDs and passwords. Others involve installing malware (malicious coding) designed to steal data or to access financial accounts and steal money.

Source: tatoeba (8621756)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.