A ________ attack disables a computer system or network by making so many requests of it that it overloads it and keeps other users from accessing it.
A) worm
B) virus
C) denial-of-service
D) Trojan horse

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A denial-of-service (DoS) attack floods a system or network with traffic or requests, rendering it unavailable to the intended users. Worms, viruses, and Trojan horses are types of malicious software that can potentially be used in a DoS attack, but the actual attack itself is the DoS.

A ________ Attack Disables a Computer System or Network by Making