Threat Prevention

which of the following are consider physical security risks?

• Hardware theft
• password cracking
• phishing
• cooking

what is the name of an application that appears to look like a helpful application but instead does harm to your computer?

• virus
• worm
• malware
• Trojan horse

IT security recently found a program on your co-worker's computer that apparently tracked all of the words that they typed into the computer. what kind of malware is this?

• Keylogger 
• keyblogger
• trojan horse
• keystroke virus

what is it called when a co-worker sitting next to you always seems to look your way when you try to enter your user ID and password to log onto the network?

• phishing
• social engineering
• Shoulder surfing
• coincidence

Rose just installed a new search engine on her laptop.now whenever she searches the internet, she gets several pop-up windows directing her to buy products.what does rose have?

• ransomware
• spyware
• Adware
• trojan horse

If you receive an attachment from someone you don't know, you should never open it.

• True

• False

Which of the following may result in a malware infection?

• Opening an email attachment

• Downloading a file from a website

• Clicking on an infected link

• All of the above

The _____ type of malware collects personal information and sends it to a third party.

• Worm

• Toolbar

• Homepage hijacker

• Spyware

  
  

Which of the following is not effective in preventing malware infections?

• Opening email attachments

• Turning on Windows Automatic Updates

• Installing anti-virus software

• Setting Internet Explorer's security setting to medium-high

If you think your computer has a virus, a good first step in solving the problem would be to:

• Run a virus scan

• Reformat the hard drive

• Destroy the computer

• Do nothing