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malware
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(MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan.
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Users are better protected against malicious software, or malware, and hackers that try to access your system.
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