[AP CSP] Types of Malware

How does a computer virus infect a pc?

• Email attachments
• Attached to files on memory sticks
• Suspicious web links
• All of the above

What can a virus do to your computer?

• Delete files
• Cause inappropriate adverts to appear
• Spy on what you are doing
• Steal your infotrmation

How can a trojan infect your pc?

• On memory sticks.
• Through email attachments.
• By being disguised as legitimate software.
• Dodgy web links

What is spyware?

• Causes adverts to appear on screen.
• Software that deletes your files
• Slows your pc down.
• Collects information from you secretly

What is a worm?

• A virus that replicates itself through computer networks
• blocking access until money is paid
• A program that attacks your computer while completing a normal task
• An animal that lives when you cut it in half

What is the difference between a worm and a virus?

• A worm is pink
• A worm is made to burrow in the ground
• A worm does not need to attach to anything to multiply
• A virus only takes your money

What is Ransomware?

• Software that sends scam emails

• Software that copies itself

• Software that you think is good software but isn't

• Software that hides your data and demands payment to release it

Why is a trojan horse sneaky?

• It is very inviting
• It creeps into your computer
• It attacks your computer while it seems like it completes a relevant task
• Because of the romans

What is a virus?

• blocking access until money is paid
• A piece of code that can copy itself and attack a computer
• Sends information covertly 
• when someone steals your computer

Which of these most appropriately describes a BOT malware?

• A self-programming software designed to perform repetitive tasks to cause malicious harm to your PC, Website, etc.

• A robot that takes control of your PC to infect it with a virus

• A program that takes control of your PC and locks the user out

• A program that automatically spreads through a network