Case 2 Claire Is Worried About Computer Viruses Spreading

Multiple Choice

Case 2 Claire is worried about computer viruses spreading. Also, with the proliferation of network traffic and e-mail, worms have become a major concern in the computing community. She is interested in tracking the sources of the viruses and worms to stop the threat. Claire is having difficulty tracking the worms on her computer. She's noticing that the "From" line of the infected message sometimes contains a ____ of a randomly selected person from the address book rather than the address of the computer that actually sent the mail.

A) macro
B) mass-mailing worm
C) spoofed address
D) Trojan horse