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The ideal solution to the threat of malware is __________.

A) identification
B) removal
C) detection
D) prevention

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Malicious software aims to trick users into revealing sensitive personal data.

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B) False

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Sometimes known as a "logic bomb", the __________ is the event or condition that determines when the payload is activated or delivered.

A __________ virus is explicitly designed to hide itself from detection by anti-virus software.

In addition to propagating, a worm usually carries some form of payload.

A logic bomb is the event or condition that determines when the payload isactivated or delivered.

A program that is covertly inserted into a system with the intent of compromising the integrity or confidentiality of the victim's data is __________.

A __________ is code inserted into malware that lies dormant until a predefined condition, which triggers an unauthorized act, is met.

Two types of perimeter monitoring software are _________ monitoring and egress monitoring.

Keyware captures keystrokes on a compromised system.

A virus that attaches to an executable program can do anything that theprogram is permitted to do.

A __________ uses macro or scripting code, typically embedded in a document and triggered when the document is viewed or edited, to run and replicate itself into other such documents.

A Trojan horse is an apparently useful program containing hidden code that,when invoked, performs some harmful function.

Countermeasures for malware are generally known as _________ mechanisms because they were first developed to specifically target virus infections.

Unsolicited bulk e-mail is referred to as __________.

A __________ is a collection of bots capable of acting in a coordinated manner.

Computer viruses first appeared in the early __________.

Many forms of infection can be blocked by denying normal users the right tomodify programs on the system.

__________ is malware that encrypts the user's data and demands payment in order to access the key needed to recover the information.

E-mail is a common method for spreading macro viruses.