Malware

Question 1

What is a virus?

Answer 1

A virus infects a host file and replicates itself on other computers. It causes damage to, or deletes software or data.

Question 2

Trojans?

Answer 2

A Trojan is a code that is hidden inside an otherwise attractive program or utility that a user may want to download or install. When it runs it carries out malicious activity such as Installing spyware or a rootkit.

Question 3

Spyware

Answer 3

Hidden software that records keystrokes, passwords and other sensitive information to send back to a third party.

Question 4

Worms

Answer 4

A worm is a program that will replicate itself and use up system or network resources.

Question 5

Rootkit

Answer 5

Root access to a computer means administrator access. A rootkit allows a hacker to run any programs or see any files available on a computer.

Question 6

Ransomware

Answer 6

Ransomware holds a computer hostage by encrypting all the data on the hard drive. The only way to read the data is to pay a ransom fee for the password that will decrypt the drive.