Question 12 (2 points) A Trojan (or Trojan horse) is a malicious program that pr

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Question 12 (2 points)

A Trojan (or Trojan horse) is a malicious program that pretends to be a benign application. It is designed to cause your computer to do something that is unexpected. Since it does not spread (not self-replicating) it is not really a virus.

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Question 13 (2 points)

Malware can be classified in several ways, including on the basis of how it is spread, how it is executed and/or what it does. The main types of malware include worms, viruses, Trojans, backdoors, spyware, rootkits and spam.

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Spyware can make changes to your computer that can be annoying and can cause your computer slow down or crash.

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Question 15 (2 points)

Once software is installed on your computer, you do not have to worry about it anymore.

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Question 16 (1 point)

Using anti-virus and anti-spyware software is not an important part of cyber security

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Screen scraping is the act of taking all the information that a person has posted on their Web site or social networking page.

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Most social networks have a variety of privacy settings you can configure to hide some or all of your personal information from some or all of the site’s members

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Question 19 (1 point)

Computer viruses and Trojan Horses are the two most common forms of Malware.

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12> True The Trojan is usually the wrapper that carries the virus.
13> True The main type of malware include worms, viruses, Trojans, backdoors, spyware, rootkits and spam.
14> True Spyware contain unwanted software that cause compuret to slow down or crash.
15> False the software company release updated version of software that fix vulnerabilities.
16> False use of anti-virus ant anti-spyware software is an important part of cyber security.
17> True Screen scraping is the act of taking all the information that a person has posted on their Web site or social networking page.
18> True Most social networks have a variety of privacy settings you can configure to hide some or all of your personal information from some or all of the site’s members.
19> True Computer viruses and trojan Horses are the two most common forms of malware.

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