cryptovirus

English

Etymology

crypto- +‎ virus

Noun

cryptovirus (plural cryptoviruses)

(computing) Malware that specializes in extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key.
(biology) A kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means.

Synonyms

cryptoransomware

Hypernyms

Translations

malware

Belarusian: вірус-шыфравальшчык m (virus-šyfravalʹščyk)
Czech: kryptovirus m, šifrovací virus m
Estonian: krüptoviirus
Finnish: kryptovirus
French: crypto-verrouilleur (fr) m, cryptorançongiciel (fr) m, cryptovirus (fr) m
German: Verschlüsselungstrojaner m
Hungarian: titkosítóvírus (hu), kriptovírus
Indonesian: virus enkripsi
Korean: 크립토 바이러스 (keuripto baireoseu)

Latvian: šifrējošais vīruss m, šifrēšanas programmatūrā f, šifrējošā izspiedējprogrammatūra f
Norwegian: kryptovirus n, krypteringsvirus n
Polish: kryptowirus m, wirus-szyfrator m
Russian: криптовирус m (kriptovirus), ви́рус-шифрова́льщик m (vírus-šifroválʹščik)
Slovene: kriptovirus m
Spanish: virus encriptador m
Turkish: şifreleme virüsü, kripto virüsü
Ukrainian: вірус-шифрувальник m (virus-šyfruvalʹnyk)

See also

Cryptovirology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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