Deck 5: Malware

Question 1

After a virus is on your system,it can do anything a legitimate program can do.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The virus/worm that collected email addresses from your address book and from other documents on your machine was the ________ virus.

A)Mimail
B)Bagle
C)Nonvirus
D)None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Sasser virus/buffer overflow attack spreads by copying itself to shared drives and emailing itself out to everyone in your address book.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The virus/worm that sends emails to victims telling them to delete a needed system file is the __________ virus.

A)Mimail
B)Bagle
C)Nonvirus
D)None of the above

Question 5

Malware that is portable to all operating systems or platforms is considered web-based code.

Question 6

The most common way for a virus to spread is by reading your email address book and emailing itself to your contacts.

Question 7

The virus/worm that attempts to copy itself to C:\WINDOWS\FVProtect.exe is _______.

A)W32/Netsky-P
B)Troj/Invo-Zip
C)MacDefender
D)Sobig

Question 8

The virus/worm transmitted in a zip file attached to an email with an enticing message is __________.

A)W32/Netsky-P
B)Troj/Invo-Zip
C)MacDefender
D)None of the above

Question 9

A virus is any file that can self-replicate.

Question 10

Malware that executes when a specific criteria is met is a logic bomb.

Question 11

The I Love You virus caused harm because ________.

A)It had a negative payload.
B)It erased data on computers.
C)It generated large numbers of emails that bogged down many networks.
D)None of the above.

Question 12

The most common method to deliver spyware to a target system is by using a Trojan horse.

Question 13

The most common way for a virus to spread is by __________.

A)Use of your email contacts
B)Scanning your computer for network connections and copying itself to other machines on the network
C)Locating Linux machines
D)None of the above

Question 14

In a virus attack,the victim machine is the source.

Question 15

The virus/worm that combined email attachments along with a fake virus warning was the __________ virus.

A)Mimail
B)Bagle
C)Nonvirus
D)None of the above

Question 16

The Bagle virus contained email attachments and a fake virus warning.

Question 17

The virus/worm that specifically targets Linux computers is ________.

A)W32/Netsky-P
B)Troj/Invo-Zip
C)MacDefender
D)None of the above

Question 18

A rootkit collects user IDs and passwords to other machines on a network,giving the hacker root or privileged access.

Question 19

The virus/worm that specifically targets Macintosh computers is ________.

A)W32/Netsky-P
B)Troj/Invo-Zip
C)MacDefender
D)None of the above

Question 20

The Microsoft Office suite is a tempting target for viruses because ___________.

A)It is so ubiquitous.
B)It is designed so that legitimate programmers can access its internal objects.
C)It contains virus programming tools.
D)None of the above.

Question 21

A program that looks benign but actually has a malicious purpose is a _______.

A)Trojan horse
B)Virus
C)Worm
D)Cookie

Question 22

McAfee and Norton are examples of ________.

A)Viruses
B)Worms
C)Trojan horses
D)Virus scanners

Question 23

A program that can propagate without human interference is a _______.

A)Virus
B)Worm
C)Trojan horse
D)None of the above

Question 24

Any file that can self-replicate is a ________.

A)Virus
B)Worm
C)Trojan horse
D)None of the above

Question 25

If a program writes more information into the computer's memory than the memory was designed to hold,it is a(n)___________ attack.

A)Buffer-overflow
B)RAM
C)Spyware
D)Adware