Malware

Question 1

malware

Answer 1

software that is designed to infiltrate and damage a system without the users consent or knowledge

Question 2

virus

Answer 2

malicious code that runs on a machine without the users knowledge and infects the computer when it is executed, requires user action to reproduce and spread

Question 3

boot sector virus

Answer 3

viruses that are stored in first section of a hard drive and ae loaded into memory upon boot

Question 4

macrovirus

Answer 4

virus embedded into a document and is executed when document is opened by the user, by default are not malicious and do alot of good functions

Question 5

program virus

Answer 5

seek out executables or application files to infect, every time you open that program youd be loading the virus again and again

Question 6

multipartite virus

Answer 6

combines boot and program viruses to first attach itself to boot sector and system files before attacking other files on computer, allows it to have persistence

Question 7

encryption virus

Answer 7

virus is going to use cipher to encrypt the contents of itself to avoid detection by antivirus software

Question 8

polymorphic

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advanced version of encrypted virus that changes its code each time it is executed by altering the decryption module for it to evade detection

Question 9

metamorphic

Answer 9

can rewrite themselves entirely before it attempts to infect a file

Question 10

stealth virus

Answer 10

category of virus protecting itself, metamorphic, polymorphic, and encrypted viruses fall under this category

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armored virus

Answer 11

has a layer of protection to confuse person or program trying to analyze it

Question 12

hoax

Answer 12

tries to trick user to infect their own machine,

Question 13

worms

Answer 13

malicious software but can replicate itself without user interaction, can spread and replicate fast

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trojans

Answer 14

malicious software that are disguised as a piece of desirable software

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remote access trojans (RAT)

Answer 15

provide attacker with remote control of a victims computer

Question 16

ransomware

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malware that restricts access to a victims computer until a ransom is received

Question 17

spyware

Answer 17

malware that secretly gathers information about the user without their consent, normally installed from a website or a third party software, looks through your info and builds a profile

Question 18

keylogger

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captures keystrokes you make

Question 19

adware

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displays advertisements based upon its spying on you

Question 20

grayware

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isnt benign or malicious, tends to behave improperly without serious consequences, like crazy mouse

Question 21

rootkits

Answer 21

designed to gain admin level control over a system without detection, root access, really hard to detect, installed down into ring 0 (kernel mode) and this allows them to hide from other functions of the operating system and avoid detection

Question 22

DLL injection

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malicious code inserted into a running process on a windows machine by taking advantage of a Dynamic Link Library that are loaded at run time

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driver manipulation

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relies on compromising kernel mode device drives that operate at a privilege or system level

Question 24

shim

Answer 24

piece of software that is placed between two components to intercept calls and redirect them

Question 25

botnet and zombies

Answer 25

collection of compromised computers under the control of a master node, controls many computers, used to conduct DDOS

Question 26

most effective means for malware removal?

Answer 26

OS reinstallation