malevolent program 1
noundomain: communication
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
Hypernym
program 7
noun
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
EnglishHyponym
logic bomb 1
noun
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
trojan 2
noun
a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
virus 3
noun
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
worm 3
noun
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
