Exam 5: Malware

Malware that is portable to all operating systems or platforms is considered web-based code.

The virus/worm that collected email addresses from your address book and from other documents on your machine was the ________ virus.

The virus/worm that specifically targets Linux computers is ________.

The I Love You virus caused harm because ________.

The most common way for a virus to spread is by reading your email address book and emailing itself to your contacts.

Malware that executes when a specific criteria is met is a logic bomb.

The Bagle virus contained email attachments and a fake virus warning.

McAfee and Norton are examples of ________.

The Sasser virus/buffer overflow attack spreads by copying itself to shared drives and emailing itself out to everyone in your address book.

The virus/worm that specifically targets Macintosh computers is ________.

A virus is any file that can self-replicate.

A rootkit collects user IDs and passwords to other machines on a network,giving the hacker root or privileged access.

A program that looks benign but actually has a malicious purpose is a _______.

Any file that can self-replicate is a ________.

After a virus is on your system,it can do anything a legitimate program can do.

The most common way for a virus to spread is by __________.

The virus/worm that combined email attachments along with a fake virus warning was the __________ virus.

The virus/worm that attempts to copy itself to C:\WINDOWS\FVProtect.exe is _______.

The virus/worm that sends emails to victims telling them to delete a needed system file is the __________ virus.

In a virus attack,the victim machine is the source.