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What is the main difference between adware and spyware?
What is the main difference between adware and spyware?
- Adware is designed to steal sensitive information, while spyware is financially supported by organizations whose products are advertised
- Adware and spyware are the same thing.
- Adware and spyware perform unwanted tasks for a third party.
- Adware is financially supported by organizations whose products are advertised, while spyware is designed to steal sensitive information. (correct)
What is the difference between a virus and a worm?
What is the difference between a virus and a worm?
- Viruses and worms are the same thing.
- Viruses and worms perform unwanted tasks for a third party.
- Viruses can replicate themselves and spread over a network without human intervention, while worms are malicious code written to harm a host computer. (correct)
- Viruses are downloaded with freeware and designed to steal sensitive information, while worms are networks of infected computers controlled by a central controller.
What is a botnet?
What is a botnet?
- A type of malware used for forced advertising, financially supported by organizations whose products are advertised
- A type of malware designed to steal sensitive information from a target machine
- A network of infected computers controlled by a central controller, with infected computers known as zombies. (correct)
- A type of virus that can replicate itself and spread over a network without human intervention.
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- Malware is malicious software designed to access or install into a computer without user consent.
- Malware can perform unwanted tasks for a third party and seriously degrade computer performance.
- Adware is malware used for forced advertising, financially supported by organizations whose products are advertised.
- Spyware is malware designed to steal sensitive information from a target machine, often downloaded with freeware.
- Browser hijacking software is malicious software downloaded with free software that modifies browser settings and redirects links.
- Viruses are malicious code written to harm a host computer by deleting or appending files, occupying memory space, slowing down performance, etc.
- Worms are a class of virus that can replicate themselves and spread over a network without human intervention.
- Trojan horse is a malicious code installed by pretending to be useful software, damaging data and creating backdoors for remote control.
- Botnets are networks of infected computers controlled by a central controller, with infected computers known as zombies.
- Malware can be spread via email attachments, pen drives, digital images, e-greetings, audio or video clips, etc.
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