13.1

Question 1

Malware

Answer 1

Term for Malicious Software

Question 2

Quarantine

Answer 2

Separating a file to give the administrator the chance to research the file to identify whether or not the file is a threat.

Question 3

False Positive

Answer 3

A file or program may exhibit behavior or coding that triggers a signature or behavior alert from an anti-malware system.

Looks Malicious but isn’t.

Question 4

Signature

Answer 4

An algorithm or hash that is unique to a specific attack method or virus

Question 5

Behavior

Answer 5

Monitoring for real time malicious activities from programs or files

Question 6

Virus

Answer 6

A program that attaches itself to a file or another program. A virus cannot stand-alone.

Question 7

Worm

Answer 7

A program that replicates and propagates itself without having to attach itself to a file or program.

Question 8

Auto-Protect Scans

Answer 8

Continuously inspect files and email data for viruses as they are read from or written to a computer.

Question 9

McAfee VSE Access Protection

Answer 9

Prevent unwanted changes to your computer by restricting access to specified ports, files, shares, registry keys, and registry values

Question 10

Scanning Items On-Access

Answer 10

Examines files on a computer as they are accessed, providing a real-time detection of threats

Question 11

Scanning Items On-Demand

Answer 11

Uses two methods of scanning:
In memory process scanning
Incremental or resumable scanning

Question 12

Detection Definitions

Answer 12

The effectiveness of VSE depends on the scanning engine and information in the detection definition (DAT) files.