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Malicious vs Malware - What's the difference?

malicious | malware |

As a adjective malicious

is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.

As a noun malware is

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

malicious

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
  • spiteful and deliberately harmful
    • He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

    Synonyms

    * malevolent * evil * See also

    Derived terms

    * maliciously * maliciousness * malicious mischief

    malware

    English

    (wikipedia malware)

    Noun

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

    • See also

    * adware * backdoor * dialer, dialler * exploit * key logger * spyware * rootkit * trojan * URL injection * virus * worm * wabbit * -ware ----