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Question 1

what is an anti malware

Answer 1

it is a program that is downloaded to stop malicious activity on the system

Question 2

what is heuristic detection

Answer 2

when the system is scanned for anything that is suspicious and has malicious intent

Question 3

behaviour analysis

Answer 3

this is when the piece of code is quarantined to watch is the code attempts to do anything harmful

Question 4

signature analysis

Answer 4

the antivirus analyses the malware and looks to identify any patterns that the malware code has

Question 5

dictionary detection

Answer 5

when the anti virus looks through its data base to identify what type of malware it is

Question 6

what is internet filtering

Answer 6

this is a piece of software that stops the user accessing certain websites

Question 7

what is a false positive

Answer 7

a false positive is when the anti virus says the code is harmful when it is not

Question 8

what is a false negative

Answer 8

a false negative is when the anti virus says that the code is ok when it is harmful

Question 9

what is quarantine

Answer 9

when the piece of malicious code is taken away from the rest of the code so it doesn’t infect it

Question 10

what is a rootkit

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this is a malicious piece of code that is designed to stay hidden and the user of the system not know

Question 11

what is sandboxing

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used to isolate a program that the user finds suspicious and is used to keep it away from the other non malicious programs

Question 12

what is a worm

Answer 12

a worm is a piece of code that self spreads and copies its self to other computers and systems

Question 13

what does delete mean

Answer 13

this means getting rid of the program or the code

Question 14

what is a trojan

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it is a piece of malware that is disguised as a normal program and is used to give the hacker access to the system to be effective the client has to download the program and access it