5-2a Malware

Recall that malware, short for _________ software, consists of programs that act without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alter the operations of computers and mobile devices.

• malicious

• malfuctioning

• miscellaneous

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

• Adware

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Tupperware

A program that blocks or limits access to a computer, phone, or file until the user pays a specified amount of money.

• Adware

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Tupperware

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.

• Adware

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Tupperware

A program placed on a computer or mobile device without the user’s knowledge that secretly collects information about the user and then communicates the information it collects to some outside source while the user is online.

• Adware

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Tupperware

A program that hides within or looks like a legitimate program. Unlike a virus or worm, a trojan horse does not replicate itself to other computers or devices.

• Adware

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Trojan Horse

A potentially damaging program that affects, or infects, a computer or mobile device negatively by altering the way the computer or device works without the user’s knowledge or permission.

• Virus

• Ransomeware

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Trojan Horse

A program that copies itself repeatedly, for example in memory or on a network, using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer, device, or network.

• Virus

• Worm

• Rootkit

• Spyware

• Trojan Horse