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incident response course

Question 36

Which of the following is a general term for software that is inherently hostile, intrusive, or annoying in its operation?

A.            Adware

B.            Malware

C.            Scareware

D.            Worm

Question 37

Worms require user intervention for their infection to take place; viruses do not.

True

False

Question 38

An attacker can use a keystroke logger to monitor activity on a system and have it reported back to the attacker.

True

False

Question 39

Dean believes that a Trojan may have affected his system. Which command can he use to query for open connections and help to determine if a Trojan is using a specific port?

A.            ping

B.            Ctrl+Alt+Del

C.            netcat

D.            netstat

Question 40

Which of the following types of viruses is designed to change its code and "shape" to avoid detection by virus scanners?

A.            Multipartite virus

B.            Polymorphic virus

C.            Logic bomb

D.            Macro virus

Answer 1

ANSWERS -

QUESTION 36 - B. Malware

Malware is the malicious software that causes damage to the system and attackers get unauthorised access to the system. Some of the variants are ransomware, viruses etc. It is intrusive, hostile.

QUESTION 37 - FALSE

Worm is a type of malware that doesn't need host function to program in the system or infecting other files.

QUESTION 38 - TRUE

With the help of keystroke logger the attacker can monitor the activity and send report to third party.

QUESTION 39 - D. netstat

netstat command can used to query and displays network status and protocol statistics.

QUESTION 40 - B. Polymorphic virus

Polymorphic virus have the ability to change the shape in order to hide so that they can avoid detection.

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