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snoopware en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From snoop + -ware.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) Software 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: