Case 2 Claire is worried about computer viruses spreading. Also, with the proliferation of network traffic and e-mail, worms have become a major concern in the computing community. She is interested in tracking the sources of the viruses and worms to stop the threat. Claire is having difficulty tracking the worms on her computer. She's noticing that the "From" line of the infected message sometimes contains a ____ of a randomly selected person from the address book rather than the address of the computer that actually sent the mail.
A) macro
B) mass-mailing worm
C) spoofed address
D) Trojan horse

Question

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A spoofed address is a false or fabricated address that is used to mask the true origin of the message. This is a common tactic used by mass-mailing worms to evade detection and make it difficult to track the source of the infection. A macro is a type of computer program that performs automated tasks, a mass-mailing worm is a worm that propagates itself by sending multiple copies of itself via email, and a Trojan horse is a type of malicious software that appears to be legitimate but actually contains hidden harmful code. None of these are specifically related to the issue of spoofed addresses in worm emails.

Case 2 Claire Is Worried About Computer Viruses Spreading