Computer Security-Test 1

A ___ is anything that can cause harm.

A ___ is a small program embedded inside of a GIF image.

A hacker contacts your phone or E-mails and attempt to acquire your password is called

The unauthorised real-time interception of a private communication such as a phone call,instant messages known as

Hackers often gain entry to a network be pretending to be a legitimate computer

The main reason to encrypt a file is to

Mechanism to protect network from outside attack is

___ is a form of virus explicitly designed to hide itself from detection by antivirus software

The first PC virus was developed in

Abuse messaging systems to send unsolicited is

___ are often delivered to PC through an E-mail attachment and are often designed to do harm

The first computer virus is

A time bomb occurs during a particular

First boot sector virus is

Which virus spreads in application software?

Some viruses have a delayed payload,which is sometimes called a

An Antivirus is an

It is a self replicating program that infects computer and spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents.

Like a virus,it is a self replicating program.It is also propagates through computer network.

Password enables users to

A program designed to destroy data on your computer which can travel to infect other computers,is called a

Antivirus software is an example of

Which was the first PC boot sector virus?

There are virus that are triggered by the passage of time or on a certain date.

It is the process of finding errors in software code.