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What are some ways to hide malicious software?

a.

Embedding it in an operating system component

b.

Giving it a benign name

c.

Both a and b

d.

None of the above

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Answer: (c).Both a and b Explanation:Hiding the program can be as simple as naming it in a way that would make end users think it is benign, or even embedding it in some operating system component, so that it becomes completely invisible to the end user.

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