pltw malware and firewall

Select the correct definition/s for the term "Malware"

• is a software that is designed to gain access to your computer with malicious intent

• is a program that is designed to gain access to your computer with intrusive intent

• is a umbrella term for a program that is designed to gain access to your computer with hostile intent

Malware intent to:

• Data theft

• Disabling hardware

• Forced advertising

• Sending email spam

• Extorting money

What is a malicious program disguised as legitimate software? Users intentionally install these, thinking they are installing valid software

• Backdoor

• Trojan Horse

• Worm

• Spyware

• Virus

What is a file that contains an official record of activities that occur on a computer?

• Log files

• Documents

• Recycling Bin

• Backup files

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

For a virus can infect a system, even if it was not initiated/executed by a user

• False

• True

A payload is

• The money a scammer gets from ransomware

• Something that will damage your computer hardware

• What the malware does when it gets on the computer

• What it costs to remove a virus

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

• Worm

• Toolbar

• Homepage hijacker

• Spyware

What is a way for a computer to identify specific programs and manage their activity?

• Web server

• HTTP

• Encryption

• Port

A trojan...

• Infects programs on your computer

• Pretends to be a program you want to make you download it

• Cannot be deleted

• Is legal