Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

counter- +‎ virus

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word countervirus.

Examples

  • Two broad-based Psi 2000 counterviruses are currently on file in the standard Starfleet Medical Database, and the SMD includes an appendix with a formula for extrapolating the countervirus formula to other, as-yet-unknown strains of the virus.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • Two broad-based Psi 2000 counterviruses are currently on file in the standard Starfleet Medical Database, and the SMD includes an appendix with a formula for extrapolating the countervirus formula to other, as-yet-unknown strains of the virus.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • Two broad-based Psi 2000 counterviruses are currently on file in the standard Starfleet Medical Database, and the SMD includes an appendix with a formula for extrapolating the countervirus formula to other, as-yet-unknown strains of the virus.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • Two broad-based Psi 2000 counterviruses are currently on file in the standard Starfleet Medical Database, and the SMD includes an appendix with a formula for extrapolating the countervirus formula to other, as-yet-unknown strains of the virus.

    The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002

  • It would really be great if we could get together; some of us could create a "homing countervirus", giving us the physical location of the a$$hole hackers.

    CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries vermin 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.