COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A piece of malware is infecting the desktops in your organization. Every hour more systems are infected. The infections are happening in different departments and in cases where the users don’t share any files, programs, or even e-mails. What type of malware can cause this type of infection
A
Virus
B
RAT
C
BitLocker
D
Worm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -3. A polymorphic virus completely changes its form to avoid detection by antivirus software.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bot-From the word robot, a bot is malware designed to automatically perform action, usually online. While most bots are harmless, one increasing use of malicious bots are botnets. Several computers are infected with bots which are programmed to quietly wait for commands provided by the attacker.

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