FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS A HACKER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is not an example of hacking?
A
Guessing a password
B
Using brute force to crack a password
C
Denial of Service (DoS) attack
D
The virus known as “The Brain”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is not a type of virus? Explanation: Types of viruses are System or Boot Sector Virus, Direct Action Virus, Resident Virus, Multipartite Virus, Polymorphic Virus, Overwrite Virus, Space-filler Virus, File infectors, Macro Virus, Rootkit virus. Trojan does not come under types of virus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation. Bugs aren’t malware, they’re simply computer programming mistakes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Brain Boot Sector Virus Brain, the first PC virus, began infecting 5.2” floppy disks in 1986. As Securelist reports, it was the work of two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who ran a computer store in Pakistan.

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