Types of Malware 10GB

Information transmitted over networks has a lower degree of security risk than information kept on an organization’s buildings

• True

• False

Malware consists of programs that act with user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices

• True

• False

Types of Malware:

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan Horse

• All of the above

A program that hides in a computer or mobile device and allows someone from a remote location to take full control of the computer or device.

• Virus

• Worm

• Trojan Horse

• Rootkit

A program placed on a computer or mobile device that secretly collects information about the user and then communicates the information it collects to some outside source while the user is online.

• Worm

• Adware

• Spyware

• Trojan Horse

A program that displays an online advertisement in a banner, pop-up window, or pop-under window on web pages, email messages, or other internet services.

• Virus

• Adware

• Rootkit

• Trojan horse

A common way that computers and mobile devices become infected with viruses and other malware is through users opening infected email attachment

• True

• False

Like a virus or worm, a Trojan horse can replicate itself to other computers or devices.

• True

• False

A type of malicious software that looks legitimate but can take control of your computer.

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Trojan Horse

• Worm

Worms can allow a hacker to gain control over a computer and its system settings.

• True

• False