Malware Flashcard NVHS U1

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What is an antivirus?

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computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software. 

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Name a type of malware: Caterpillars, Worms, Lions, Horses

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Worms

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A piece of code that can copy itself and damage the system or destroy data.

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Computer Virus

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What is a computer worm?

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A malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

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What is a Trojan Horse?

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A program designed to take down the computer system while performing an inoffensive task.

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Adware

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a form of software that downloads or displays unwanted ads when a user is online, collects marketing data and other information without the user's knowledge or redirects search requests to certain advertising websites.

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Software that enables a user to obtain secret information about another computer's activities.

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Spyware

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Logic Bomb

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a set of instructions secretly incorporated into a program so that if a particular condition is satisfied they will be carried out, usually with harmful effects.

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A network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, e.g., to send spam messages.

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Botnets

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Rootkits

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a set of software tools that enable an unauthorized user to gain control of a computer system without being detected.