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Question 1

What is a Virus?

Answer 1

An unwanted malicious program

Question 2

What type of malicious program encrypts the filesystem?

Answer 2

Crypto-Malware

Question 3

What kind of malware requires a payment or random to be paid?

Answer 3

Ransomware

Question 4

What kind of Malware is self contained and can infect itself through social and virtual networks?

Answer 4

A Worm

Question 5

What kind of Malware disguises itself as a normal application?

Answer 5

A Trojan

Question 6

What kind of Malware acts like a back door, allowing the attacker full remote access?

Answer 6

Rootkit

Question 7

What is a Keylogger?

Answer 7

A piece of malware that listens for keystrokes and logs them

Question 8

What kind of Malware produces pop ups or ads on the screen?

Answer 8

Adware

Question 9

What does Spyware do?

Answer 9

Spyware steals sensitive information and sends it to a control machine.

Question 10

What kind of Malware makes the system work in sync with a pool of other infected systems to executed a distributed task?

Answer 10

A Botnet

Question 11

What is a RAT?

Answer 11

Remotely Accessed Trojan

Question 12

What kind of Malware waits until a specific time, date, or event to occur before doing a task?

Answer 12

A Logic-Bomb

Question 13

What is a Backdoor?

Answer 13

A hidden exploit, service, or application that allows unauthorized access to the system.