Threats And Vulnerabilities (10 Virus Types)

Question 1

Boot sector virus

Answer 1

Stored on the first sector of the hard drive and loaded upon boot

Question 2

Macro virus

Answer 2

A virus Embedded into a document

Question 3

Program virus

Answer 3

Infect executables and applications

Question 4

Multipartite virus

Answer 4

Combines boot and program viruses
Attaches to boot files and then infects other files

Question 5

Encryption virus

Answer 5

Uses a cipher to encrypt itself to avoid detection

Question 6

Polymorphic virus

Answer 6

Advanced encrypted virus that changes its code each time by altering the decryption module

Question 7

Metamorphic virus

Answer 7

Viruses that rewrite themselves entirely

Question 8

Stealth virus

Answer 8

Encrypted, polymorphic, metamorphic
Are all stealth viruses

Question 9

Armored virus

Answer 9

Has a layer of protection to confuse a person or program from analyzing it

Question 10

Hoax

Answer 10

Trying to trick someone to infect their own computer

Question 11

Worm

Answer 11

Self replicating virus WITHOUT user interaction

Spread really far and fast

Question 12

Trojan

Answer 12

Disguises itself as a harmless piece of software

Question 13

RAT

Answer 13

Remote access Trojan

Question 14

Rootkit

Answer 14

Software designed to gain admin level control over a system

Question 15

DLL injection

Answer 15

Dynamic link library (rootkit)
Inserted into a running process on a windows machine by using DLLs that are loaded at runtime

Question 16

Driver manipulation

Answer 16

(rootkit)
Compromises a device driver

Question 17

Shim

Answer 17

Used by (rootkit)
Software between two components to intercept calls and redirect them

Question 18

Rootkit counter

Answer 18

Boot from an external device and scan the internal HD

Question 19

Cryptominer

Answer 19

Virus designed to help mine cryptocurrency

Causes cpu spikes

Can activate by visiting a website or
Installed on your computer