Malware Quiz

What is one of the unique characteristics of a virus?

• It can jump from machine to machine without human intervention

• It can reproduce itself

• It needs human intervention to start the replication process

What differentiates a virus from a worm?

• A virus can cause serious problems on a computer, while a worm is relatively benign

• A virus can encrypt files, while a worm can delete files

• A virus needs human intervention to start the process, while a worm can propagate without human intervention

• A virus can jump from machine to machine, while a worm needs human intervention to replicate

What does antivirus software do?

• Recognize and stop viruses before they execute

• Delete files and encrypt data

• Put advertising on the screen

• Gather information from the computer

Which type of virus is part of an application and requires the user to click or launch the application?

• Program virus

• Boot sector virus

• Script virus

• Macro virus

What is a fileless virus?

• A virus that never installs itself as a file on the file system

• A virus that operates solely in the memory of the computer

• A virus that runs inside of a browser

• A virus that runs as a script in the operating system

How does a worm propagate itself?

• By taking advantage of vulnerabilities in operating systems or applications

• By running as a script in the memory of the computer

• By requiring human intervention to move from system to system

• By encrypting files and causing damage

What vulnerability did the WannaCry worm exploit?

• Flash vulnerabilities

• Java vulnerabilities

• Windows vulnerabilities

• Microsoft Server Message Block version 1 (SMB v1)

What did the WannaCry worm install on vulnerable systems?

• Crypto malware

• Antivirus software

• Advertising software

• Data gathering software

How did the WannaCry worm propagate itself?

• By automatically infecting other vulnerable systems on the network

• By requiring human intervention to download and execute

• By running as a script in PowerShell

• By encrypting files and exfiltrating data

What was the major impact of the WannaCry worm?

• It caused serious problems on infected computers

• It deleted files and encrypted data

• It required human intervention to propagate

• Hundreds of thousands or even millions of systems were infected