Q. A virus that migrates freely within a large population of unauthorized email user is called a -------

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Q. -------- are attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you to falsifying their identity.

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Q. Authentication is

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Q. A -------- is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another.

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Q. Which of the following virus overtake computer system, when it boots and destroy information?

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Q. Key logger is a

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Q. To protect yourself from computer hacker, you should turn on a

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Q. Firewalls are used to protect against --------

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Q. Which of the following describes programs that can run independently travel from system to system and disrupt computer communication?

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Q. -------- software are programs that are installed onto your computer and can scan and remove known viruses which you may have contracted.

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Q. Code red is a(n) ----------

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Q. Which of the following would most likely not be a symptom of a virus?

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Q. …………….. are used in denial of service attacks, typically against targeted web sites.

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Q. Select the correct order for the different phases of virus execution. i) Propagation phase ii) Dormant phase iii) Execution phase iv) Triggering phase

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Q. A ………………… attaches itself to executable files and replicates, when the infected program is executed, by finding other executable files to infect.

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Q. …………………….. is a form of virus explicitly designed to hide itself from detection by antivirus software.

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Q. A …………………….. creates copies during replication that are functionally equivalent but have distinctly different bit patterns.

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Q. A portion of the Polymorphic virus, generally called a …………………….. , creates, a random encryption, key to encrypt the remainder of the virus.

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Q. State whether the following statement is true. i) A macro virus is platform independent. ii) Macro viruses infect documents, not executable portions of code.

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Q. The type(s) of auto executing macros, in Microsoft word is/are

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