Also known as badware, malicious software
Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy. Researchers tend to classify malware into one or more sub-types (i.e. computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, logic bombs, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, wipers and keyloggers).
Malware is software intentionally designed to harm computers or networks by disrupting them, stealing private information, gaining unauthorized access, or blocking access to data. It matters because it poses a significant threat to computer security and privacy, and comes in many forms—including viruses, worms, ransomware, and spyware—each with different ways of causing damage.
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).