COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
ETHICS IN COMPUTING
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Worms
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Trojans
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Viruses
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Infections
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Detailed explanation-1: -Malware is any software that was developed with the intent of damaging devices, stealing data, and generally causing a mess. Malware is short for “malicious software”. Among the options cookies is not a malware. Cookies are the packet of data that a computer receives and then sends back without changing or altering it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malware, or malicious software, is any program or file that is intentionally harmful to a computer, network or server. Types of malware include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware and spyware.
Detailed explanation-3: -As part of an organization’s security and data protection program, it should have a plan in place that, at minimum, mitigates risk to systems and networks arising from four common types of malicious software: trojans, spyware, viruses, and ransomware.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is NOT a type of malicious code? Executables.