Final Exam Prep IGCSE Unit 5

A type of virus that spreads quickly through email

A malicious program that copies itself onto a target computer.

A type of virus that looks like a harmless program

A type of malware that loads advertisements on your computer

A virus that locks your computer up until you give attacker money.

A fake email that looks real and attempts the user to click on a link

A fake website that tries to get the user to enter their username and password.

Any type of program that tries to run malicious code.

A type of malware that spies on its users, by sending user data to an unknown recipient.

An attack that floods a webserver with packets so it doesn’t work properly.