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Question 1

microsoft office has been created so that a legitimate programer can access internal objects to create applications and intergrate into ___________

Answer 1

microsoft office suite

Question 2

after a virus is on a system it ca do

Answer 2

anything a legitimate program can do

Question 3

an older virus with a multi modal threat( IE, it needed more then one mechanism to spread). it copied and shared itself with any other drive on the network. classified as a worm rather then a virus. described as virulent.

Answer 3

sobig

Question 4

the sobig virus could be detected by the telltale signs in the sujector title of the__________

Answer 4

email

Question 5

a variant of the sobig virus would have the computer download a file from the internet that would then cause ____________

Answer 5

printing problems

Question 6

website that lists current viruses and what to look for in an email

Answer 6

F-Secure

Question 7

virus source code is both_________ and _________

Answer 7

readable and alterable

Question 8

infects the macros in office documents

Answer 8

macro virus

Question 9

microsoft outlook is designed so that a programmer can write scripts using a subset or the _______________

Answer 9

Visual basic programing language or visual basic for applications

Question 10

does not infect the OS of the target computer but instead it attacks the __________

Answer 10

boot sector drive

Question 11

by operating outside the OS a _________________ is harder to detect

Answer 11

boot secoter drive

Question 12

one of the largest groups of viruses

Answer 12

stealth viruses

Question 13

by ataching itself to a legitimate program not only will this trick the user into installing the program, it will evade antivirus software

Answer 13

stealth virus

Question 14

it changes its form in order to avoid detection by antivirus software

Answer 14

polymorphic virus

Question 15

attempt to elude detection by performing its malicious activity only

Answer 15

sparse infector virus