English Explanatory Dictionary

scareware

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

scareware

Etymology

From scare + -ware.

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