Exam 2: Malware and Social Engineering Attacks

A ____ virus is loaded into random access memory (RAM) each time the computer is turned on and infects files that are opened by the user or the operating system.

____ uses "speckling" and different colors so that no two spam e-mails appear to be the same.

Explain how an appender infection works.

____ is when an attacker tricks users into giving out information or performing a compromising action.

What is malware?

____ involves horizontally separating words, although it is still readable by the human eye.

What are botnets?

Unlike other malware, a ____ is heavily dependent upon the user for its survival.

The _________________________ contains the program necessary for the computer to start up and a description of how the hard drive is organized (the partition table).

The two types of malware that have the primary objective of spreading are ____.

Malicious software, or ____________________, silently infiltrate computers with the intent to do harm.

A ____ is a program advertised as performing one activity but actually does something else.

In the ____________________ technique, the virus is divided into several parts and the parts are placed at random positions throughout the host program, overwriting the original contents of the host.

A(n) ____________________ is either a small hardware device or a program that monitors each keystroke a user types on the computer's keyboard.

In a(n) ____ infection, a virus injects itself into the program's executable code instead of at the end of the file.

What is a worm?

What is a backdoor and what is it used for?

Removing a rootkit from an infected computer is extremely difficult.

____ is a software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.

Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.