Exam 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital Data and Devices

Adware and spyware are referred to collectively as ________.

A ________ is a virus that is attached to documents such as Word or Excel files.

Which of the following is NOT a virus category?

Using your computer for non-work activities while you are being paid to work is known as ________.

Another name for a sniffer is a(n) ________ analyzer.

FBI-related scams involve ________.

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

All viruses cause serious destruction of computer data.

An encryption virus replicates itself onto a hard drive's master boot record.

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

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

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

Most often, hackers initiate a DDoS attack by creating and activating ________ computers.

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

A virus signature is a portion of virus code that is unique to a particular computer virus.