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infected

infected

4.0
On a computer, having harmful software like viruses that can damage files or systems
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈfɛktɪd/
  • Specialized
: infectado
  • Many devices in the network were infected, leading to a major security breach.

So if you are medical device gets infected by malware or any kind of malicious software, things are going to change.

Examples

  • My BIOS could be infected for days or weeks before Surestart fixes it, no?

  • The attack is when a computer is infected they intercept all the possible forms.

  • Make sure your infected system remains disconnected from the internet while it is infected.

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  • So if you are medical device gets infected by malware or any kind of malicious software, things are going to change.

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  • The computer was infected with malware, causing it to run very slowly.

  • She realized that her phone had become infected after downloading a suspicious app.

Synonyms

contaminated
vsinfected
4.7

Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful

means harm caused by malicious computer programs rather than general impurity

Antonyms

clean
∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

secure
318 3.2

Protected from danger or from people trying to break in

Compounds

non-infected
4.6

People who do not have an infection

How Infected

infected
  • Specialized
4.0
clean
418 1.0

Surface Forms

infected positive

Morphology

infected = infect (transparent) = infect + ed

Although used metaphorically for computers (malware), the form is the regular past-participle/adjectival derivation from 'infect' and the meaning 'compromised by a virus' is predictable.

Etymology

Infected comes from the same old parts in- ('in') and -fect ('to put' or 'make'), so the original idea is something being 'put into' or 'tainted'. A helpful way to remember the computer sense is to think of a virus as harmful code 'put into' files or systems, so an infected computer has bad software inside it.