вредоносных

вредоносных

"Harmful" or "malicious."

The word 'вредоносных' is used here as an adjective to describe 'программ', meaning 'malicious' in English, referring specifically to software that has harmful intentions.

Антивирусное ПО помогает защитить ваш компьютер от вредоносных программ.

Antivirus software helps protect your computer from malicious programs.

Here, 'вредоносных' modifies 'слухов', meaning 'harmful', applying to rumors perceived as causing damage.

Министр предупреждал о влиянии вредоносных слухов на экономику.

The minister warned about the impact of harmful rumors on the economy.

In this sentence, 'вредоносных' is an adjective describing 'действий', meaning 'malicious', indicating that the actions have harmful intent.

Эксперты пытались минимизировать эффект от вредоносных действий злоумышленников.

Experts tried to minimize the effect of the malicious actions of the intruders.