cryptovirus

cryptovirus

English

Etymology

crypto- +‎ virus

Noun

cryptovirus (plural cryptoviruses)

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

Synonyms

• cryptoransomware

Hypernyms

• ransomware
• malware

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