Malware definition

Malware any thing or device (including any software, code, file or program) which may prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the access to or operation, reliability or user experience of any computer software, hardware or network, telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.
Malware means any virus, Trojan horse, worm, backdoor, root kit, advanced persistent threat, time bomb, drop dead device, ransomware, or any other malicious code or device.
Malware means computer software or program code that is designed to damage or reduce the performance or security of a computer program or data.

Examples of Malware in a sentence

  • SonicWall warrants that it will use reasonable commercial efforts to deliver the Software free of Malware and SonicWall shall use reasonable commercial efforts to avoid introducing Malware to the Software or the systems on which the Software is installed.


More Definitions of Malware

Malware means a form of unauthorized, hostile or intrusive software code or programming instruction(s) intentionally designed to disrupt, disable, harm, monitor, interfere with or otherwise adversely affect computer programs, data files or operations (excluding software keys), including adware, Back Doors, botnets, key loggers, ransomware, rootkits, spyware, Trojan horses, viruses, worms and other types of disabling, harmful, malicious, or unauthorized computer code, files, links, content, scripts, messages, agents, or programs.
Malware means computer software, code or instructions that: (a) intentionally, and with malice intent by a third party, adversely affect the operation, security or integrity of a computing, telecommunications or other digital operating or processing system or environment, including without limitation, other programs, data, databases, computer libraries and computer and communications equipment, by altering, destroying, disrupting or inhibiting such operation, security or integrity; (b) without functional purpose, self-replicate written manual intervention; (c) purport to perform a useful function but which actually performs either a destructive or harmful function, or perform no useful function other than utilize substantial computer, telecommunications or memory resources with the intent of causing harm; or (d) without authorization collect and/or transmit to third parties any information or data; including such software, code or instructions commonly known as viruses, Trojans, logic bombs, worms, adware and spyware.
Malware means software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system, including Trojan horses, viruses and ransomware.
Malware means any malicious data, code, script, active content, program, or other malicious software that could damage, destroy, alter or disrupt any computer program, data, firmware or hardware.
Malware means computer viruses, bugs or other malicious, destructive or corrupting software, code, agent, program or macros, and/or phishing or social engineering schemes which utilise computer software or telecommunications to obtain personal data or any other personal information for malicious or fraudulent purposes.
Malware means any malicious or destructive software which may be hostile, intrusive or disruptive, including viruses, worms, trojans, backdoors, spyware or keyloggers.
Malware means any virus, Trojan horse, time bomb, key-lock, spyware, worm, malicious code or other software program designed to or able to, without the knowledge and authorization of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, disrupt, disable, harm, interfere with the operation of or install itself within or on any Software, computer data, network memory or hardware.