Meaning

2 senses

  1. A kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means.

  2. A type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key.

    Verschlüsselungstrojaner

    криптови́русkriptovírus, ви́рус-шифрова́льщикvírus-šifroválʹščik

    вірус-шифрувальникvirus-šyfruvalʹnyk

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key:
Русский
By meaning 1
type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key:

Origin

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden; invisible’) + virus. From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden; invisible’) + virus.

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘cryptographic’) + virus.

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Forms

plural: cryptoviruses
Singularcryptovirus
Pluralcryptoviruses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cryptoransomware

Word family

7 related words
Relatedcryptolockercryptoviralcryptoviral extortioncryptovirologicalcryptovirologycryptowormmalware

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cryptocryptocurrencycryptographycrystalcrystallizeB2cub

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