Core 2 - Malware Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 7 best practices for malware removal?
A
- Identify symptoms
- Quarantine infected system
- Disable system restore
- Remediate infected system
- Schedule scans and run updates
- Enable system restore and create restore point
- Educate end user
2
Q
Software designed to hold the computer hostage, encrypting files or locking the computer until the user pays the attacker is…
A
Ransomware
3
Q
Software designed to gain administrator-level access to the core of a system without being detected is…
A
A rootkit
4
Q
A type of virus that can self-replicate…
A
Worms
5
Q
Appears to perform desired functions but actually performs malicious functions behind the scenes…
A
Trojan horse
6
Q
Code that runs on a computer without the users knowledge. Infects the computer when the code is accessed and executed.
A
Virus
7
Q
Type of malicious software that is either downloaded unwittingly from a website or installed along with some other third-party software…
A
Spyware
