Which of the following is NOT a virus category?

All of the following activities may infect your computer with a virus EXCEPT

 A ________ is a virus that is triggered on a certain date.

Which of the following classifications of viruses can change its own code to avoid detection?

Regarding computer protection, quarantining is defined as ________.

________ hackers break into systems legally for non-malicious reasons such as to test system security vulnerabilities.

A packet analyzer is a program that can enable a hacker to do all of the following EXCEPT

A ________ allows a hacker to gain access to your computer and take almost complete control of it without your knowledge.

You can block logical ports from invaders and make your computer invisible to others on the Internet by installing ________.

________ floods a computer with requests until it shuts down and refuses to answer any requests for information.

Configuring a firewall to ignore all incoming packets that request access to a specific port is known as ________.

Rules for creating passwords include all of the following EXCEPT

An ethical hacker, known as ___________

__________is flaunts expertise to the administrator of a system.

Program that attaches itself to another program and attempts to spread itself to other computers through the exchange of files.

Attempts to travel between systems through network connections to spread an infection.

Program that appears to be something useful or desirable.

 ________ is a program that gathers information about your surfing habits without your knowledge.

Which of the following statements about cookies is FALSE?

Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.

When malicious code is planted on your computer and alters your browser's ability to find web addresses, it is known as ________.

A(n) ________ virus is designed to infect multiple file types in an effort to fool antivirus software.

A(n) ________ virus temporarily erases its code from the files where it resides, and then hides in the active memory of the computer.

During the process of ________, antivirus software records key attributes about the files on your computer and keeps these statistics in a safe place on your hard drive.

A(n) ________-hat hacker illegally penetrates a system simply to demonstrate the hacker's expertise to the system administrator.

A(n) ________ is composed of software programs known as bots, which run autonomously on a large number of zombie computers.

Devices that use a unique personal characteristic, such as a fingerprint, in place of a password are called ________ authentication devices.

________ is the act of tricking people into revealing sensitive information and is often associated with credit card fraud.

A(n) ________ backup backs up only the files on a computer that have changed since the last time a backup was performed.