different between malware vs antivirus

English

Etymology

Blend of malicious +? software.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæl.we?(?)/
• Hyphenation: mal?ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware

Translations

Descendants

See also

Further reading

• malware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m

1. (computing) malware

   Synonym: škodlivý software

Declension

Further reading

• malware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: skadelig software

Further reading

• malware on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l.???r/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
• Hyphenation: mal?ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

1. malware

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lw??/

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

Further reading

• logiciel malveillant on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software dannoso

Further reading

• malware on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maw?w??/

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

1. (computing) malware

   Synonyms: software r?u inten?ionat, (rare) software d?un?tor

Declension

Further reading

• software r?u inten?ionat on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?malwe?/, [?ma.lwe?]

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

Further reading

• malware on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl

English

Etymology

anti- +? virus

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

Translations

See also

• antiviral

Galician

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +? virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. antivirus

Spanish

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +? virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. (computing) antivirus

Further reading

• “antivirus” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.