virusproof

See also: virus-proof

English

Alternative forms

• virus-proof

Etymology

From virus +‎ -proof.

Adjective

virusproof (comparative more virusproof, superlative most virusproof)

1. Resistant to viruses.
   • 1942, Charles Morrow Wilson, Ambassadors in White: The Story of American Tropical Medicine, Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, published 1972, →ISBN, page 72:

     We are sending a part at least of our vast new army to the American tropics, where our men will be exposed to these lethal viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. There is no virusproof door standing shut between us and our southern neighbors, either.

2. (computing) Resistant to computer viruses.
   • 2004, Marcus J. Ranum, The Myth of Homeland Security, Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 191:

     People want to be able to install their favorite software on their computer, but they want their computer to be virusproof. Well, the easiest way to make a computer virusproof is to not allow new executable programs to be installed on that system.