What is the most likely situation for spyware to be used?

facebook stealing your information by looking at your diary

How can you always get rid of a virus?

wipe your disk and reinstall windows

just say no. it cant legally enter your computer without consent.

An attempt to make a computer or netwrok unavaiable to users

It denies all payments to a website

A website that reboots is a DoS

It is a very slow attack and unskilled

Something that records data from an infected device

It stores passwords on your computer for you to uses( saved passwrods)

It is a very usefull tool used to share files

a self replicating program that does NOT alter files, but consumes resources

It is a type if physical creature that resides in computers

It is code that replicates and takes over a cmputer

What is a burner device

A device not connected to any others used to check and test non checked dats / links

A device that you dont care about

Why should you use burner device

Becuase if you do click on a infected link, that is the only thing that gets damged, everything else stays the same

It is a second phone when you need to call 2 people

You use it to check authenticity

Which is the best way to avoid hacking

Download all attachments form your email

Post your password on th einternet

How does a DDos attack work

It overwelms a server by send huge number of files

It is an attack where files are dowloaded, even if they are encyrpted

Making data unreadable unless your were meant to

Creatng folders and orgnaising the data

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What is malware?

Any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer

Any software intentionally designed to steal passwords from a specific computer

A hardware device used to skim credit cards

a hacker convention

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is a computer virus?

a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect

a piece of code which is capable of self-erasing any trace of itself

a piece of code that deletes all data that it comes into contact with, setting all bits to 0

a lollipop

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20 sec • 1 pt

What is a trojan?

a harmful program that disguises itself as another harmless program in order to get past the firewall

A technique to hack computers that was first thought of in the greek times

Similar to a computer virus, but needs a physical usb stick to implant itself

a popsicle

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is spyware?

a type of malware that aims to gather information about a person or organization.

a type of malware that allows other people to access information about a person or organization.

a type of malware that shows adverts to the user

a jellyfish

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is adware?

unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on your screen

unwanted software designed to capture your attention

unwanted software designed to track every key-press you make

a chocolate bar

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How can you avoid adware?

check the prograns you install for legitimacy

click the cross at the top of each advert

change a setting in your router

become an Amish and don't use electricity

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How can you avoid spyware?

be cautious about foreign devices that you plug in

turn your camera to a video of sheep jumping so that the person watching it falls asleep

check your browser history for ghosts

take out the sniper on the roof watching your every move

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AQA GCSE Computer Science - 3.6.1 Security Malicious Code

What is malware?

What is a computer virus?

What is a trojan?

What is spyware?

What is adware?

How can you avoid adware?

How can you avoid spyware?

What is the most likely situation for spyware to be used?

What is a good example of a trojan?

How can you always get rid of a virus?

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