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Question 1

____________ virus hoax used an email toget a person to delete a specific file that was actually needed by the systemic will ask you to delete the ________.exe file.

Answer 1

JDBGMGR

Question 2

JDBGMGR.exe is actually the Microsoft _____________________ for java. deleting this may cause java based web applets to not function properly

Answer 2

Debugger Registar

Question 3

this hoax showed up in 2003 via email that tried to get the recipient to believe that filing taxes via online is not safe. this hoax did not cause much damage , it just shook the confidence of users in the online Efile system

Answer 3

tax return hoax

Question 4

this hoax causes no direct harm but can become a huge annoyance, the equivilant of a prank phone called _________

Answer 4

W32 Torch Hoax

Question 5

first known ransomware was the 1989 ________________ that only encrypted filenames with a weak symetric cipher

Answer 5

PC Cyborg Trojan

Question 6

this ransomware started spreading within health care. this began in Russia and Ukraine

Answer 6

2017 wannacry

Question 7

a virus that attacks the computer in multiple ways

Answer 7

multipartite

Question 8

it installs itself and then ramins in RAM from the time the computer is noted up to when it is shutdown

Answer 8

memory resident

Question 9

an ___________ uses techniques that make it hard to analyze. code confusion is one such method. The code is written such that if the virus is disassembled, the code wont be easily followed. compressing code is another method .

Answer 9

armored virus

Question 10

3 types of stealth viruses

Answer 10

sparse infector
encrypted
polymorphic

Question 11

this virus attempts to elude detection by performing it’s malicious activities only sporadically. with this type of virus the user will see symptoms for a short period, then no symptoms, then syptoms again. in this case the virus the infector targets a specific program but only executes every 10 to 20th time it runs.

Answer 11

sparse infector

Question 12

sometimes a virus is __________ even with weak _____________, just enough to prevent n antivirus program from recognizing it

Answer 12

encrypted

Question 13

changes its forms from time to time to prevent detection by antivirus software.

Answer 13

polymorphic

Question 14

more complex , advanced viruses are developed in _________. One __________ may do very little except get itself installed o the target.

Answer 14

modules

Question 15

2 ways for a virus scanner to work. one is off a ______ list. the second is to watch for typical___________ of a virus

Answer 15

known virus

behavior