snoopware

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noun

Software covertly installed on a computer in order to monitor the user's activity or to steal confidential data.

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Meanings

nounsnoopware (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablecomputingSoftware covertly installed on a computer in order to monitor the user's activity or to steal confidential data.

    If the snoopware was installed after the firewall, check the firewall's configuration screen. The software will probably have been added to the firewall's list of applications that are given permission to connect to the outside world.

    2002, PC Mag, volume 21, number 13, page 103

Origin

From snoop + -ware.

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APA

snoopware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snoopware

MLA

“snoopware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snoopware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snoopware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snoopware.

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