Computer Security & Malware Quiz Review

A type of malware that will provide you with targeted ads and online content, including pop-ups.

• Spyware

• Ransomware

• Adware

• Malware

A type of software that monitors and records your keyboard keystrokes and mouse movements.

• Zombie

• Keylogger

• Spyware

• Scareware

A type of software that includes all malicious applications that can run on your computer.

• DDoS

• Logic Bomb

• Rootkit

• Malware

When many computers are used to attack a website in order to delay access to or crash the site itself.

• Worm

• DDoS

• Cookie

• Z-bots

This malware will initiate its attack only when a certain condition is met, possibly a time or status change.

• Phishing

• Virus

• Logic Bomb

• Zombie

These spread through a network's vulnerabilities without any human interaction and damage through replication

• Worm

• Trojan

• Ransomware

• Spoofing

E-mails pretending to be from legitimate businesses in order to get individuals to provide personal data, such as passwords.

• Phishing

• Spoofing

• Virus

• Keylogger

This malware requires human interaction and another file on your computer to “infect”.

• Bot

• Virus

• Ransomware

• Logic Bomb

The term used to describe any computer that is under the control of someone or something else.

• Trojan

• Rootkit

• Zombie

• Spoofing

When a hacker creates links in emails that appear to send to one location but will redirect to and send to a different source altogether (bad source).

• Spoofing

• Adware

• Phishing

• Cookies