Malware is malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to systems and data.
Malware includes viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, and ransomware. It is commonly delivered through phishing, drive-by downloads, and exploited vulnerabilities.
Software that compromises the operation of a system by performing an unauthorized function or process.
A contraction of "malicious software". (See: malicious logic.)
Deprecated Term: IDOCs SHOULD NOT use this term; it is not listed in most dictionaries and could confuse international readers.