At the ACME Widget Company, the computers have started behaving weirdly. Chris noticed that his directory had some files that he didn’t remember putting on his computer. Lesley noticed her computer was beginning to run very slowly, and Kim realized she was getting replies to emails she had not sent. The owner of the ACME Widget Company has contacted you to see if their company might have a computer security problem.
-ACME Widget Company is concerned it may have a ____,which is a self-replicating program designed to carry out some unauthorized activity on a victim's computer.
A) virus
B) worm
C) Trojan horse
D) bot

Question

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The symptoms described in the scenario suggest that the ACME Widget Company may have a worm, a type of malware that self-replicates and spreads to other computers and networks. Viruses typically require the user to execute a program or open a file, while worms can spread automatically without user intervention. Trojan horses and bots also pose security threats but do not exhibit the same symptoms as described in the scenario.

At the ACME Widget Company, the Computers Have Started Behaving