malevolent program
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1. a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | logic bomb, slag code, |
| definition | : | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | trojan, trojan horse, |
| definition | : | a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | computer virus, virus, |
| definition | : | a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | worm, |
| definition | : | a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network (noun.communication) |
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