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Malware that is portable to all operating systems or platforms is considered web-based code.

A) True
B) False

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The virus/worm that collected email addresses from your address book and from other documents on your machine was the ________ virus.

A) Mimail
B) Bagle
C) Nonvirus
D) None of the above

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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The virus/worm that specifically targets Macintosh computers is ________.

The virus/worm that sends emails to victims telling them to delete a needed system file is the __________ virus.

The I Love You virus caused harm because ________.

The virus/worm that specifically targets Linux computers is ________.

The Bagle virus contained email attachments and a fake virus warning.

The virus/worm that attempts to copy itself to C:\WINDOWS\FVProtect.exe is _______.

McAfee and Norton are examples of ________.

A program that looks benign but actually has a malicious purpose is a _______.

Any file that can self-replicate is a ________.

After a virus is on your system,it can do anything a legitimate program can do.

A rootkit collects user IDs and passwords to other machines on a network,giving the hacker root or privileged access.

The most common way for a virus to spread is by __________.

The virus/worm that combined email attachments along with a fake virus warning was the __________ virus.

The most common way for a virus to spread is by reading your email address book and emailing itself to your contacts.

Malware that executes when a specific criteria is met is a logic bomb.

The Sasser virus/buffer overflow attack spreads by copying itself to shared drives and emailing itself out to everyone in your address book.

A virus is any file that can self-replicate.

In a virus attack,the victim machine is the source.