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scareware

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English

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Etymology

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From scare +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scareware (uncountable)

  1. (computing, informal) Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.
    Hypernym: malware
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