Malevolent Program (Noun)
Meaning
A computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The company's security team worked tirelessly to detect and remove the malevolent program that had infected their network.
- A malevolent program was discovered embedded in a popular freeware, stealing users' sensitive information.
- The malevolent program spread rapidly across the internet, destroying files and causing widespread disruption.
- Experts warned of a new malevolent program that could compromise even the most secure systems.
- The cybercrime unit was tasked with tracking down the creators of the malevolent program that had brought down several major websites.