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Malware Quiz |
by:
Joel Walsh |
Most people who think they know all about spyware, Trojans, viruses, and other malware really do not. Take this quiz to make sure you know who your enemies are.
This quiz tests your knowledge of five ofmost common kinds of malware,software you do not want on your computer: Trojan, worm, virus, spyware, and adware. Keep in mind that there are at least seven other kinds of malware we know about.
The answers are located atend ofquiz.
one. Which offollowing is most likely to make your computer stop working?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
two. Which offollowing is notstand-alone program?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
three. Which offollowing is most likely to send spam emails from your computer?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
four. Which offollowing is lest likely to be detected with standard antivirus software?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
five. Which offollowing is most likely to come with other malware?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
six. Which offollowing is bundled withpeer-to-peer file-sharing software, Kazaa?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
seven. Which offollowing is most likely to install"backdoor" internet connection?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
eight. Which offollowing is most likely to be involved indenial-of-service attack?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
nine. Which offollowing isonly malware publicly documented as having been employed byFBI to bringsuspect to trial?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
onezero. Which offollowing is most likely to steal your identity?
a. Trojan
b. Worm
c. Virus
d. Spyware
e. Adware
Answers:
one. c. virus. Trojans, worms, spyware, and adware all depend on your computer staying up and running. They use your computer's resources to accomplish whatever their designer intended, such as sending emails, displaying advertising, or stealing information from your computer. Viruses, however, are usually created by vandals who just want to damage as many computers as possible.
two. c. virus. Viruses are not stand-alone programs. Just as biological viruses must take overcells of their host in order to function and reproduce; computer viruses must take over one or more files ofcomputer on which they are stored. Trojans, worms, spyware, and adware are all stand-alone programs that can run withouthelp of another application, though they often come bundled with other applications asdecoy, or with other malware.
three. b. worm. Worms are stand-alone programs that are often used to send spam emails, or emails containing viruses. Trojans often contain worms which are then installed forpurpose of sending spam emails, butworms are what actually sendemails.
four. e. adware. Instrictest sense, adware is rarely patently illegal or destructive, and so antivirus software makers have traditionally avoided treating it as malware. Adware designers are usually large advertising companies with hundreds of millions of dollars, and they take care to insert end-user licensing agreements (EULA) that supposedly mean thatsoftware is installed with permission. Also, adware will not usually do anything more destructive than show advertising. Nonetheless, adware can quickly multiply oncomputer, hogging system resources and causingcomputer to slow down or even malfunction. That's why most anti-spyware software makers target adware as well.
five. a. Trojan. By definition, Trojans bear other malware within them, just asmythical wooden worse bore Greek warriors. The malware can be viruses, worms, spyware, or adware.
six. e. adware, though d. spyware, is also correct. Kazaa's developers, Sharman Networks, make most of their money fromadvertising shown byincluded adware. The adware typically runs even whenKazaa software is not in use. Sharman Networks has adamantly denied thatadware that comes with Kazaa is spyware, since, like most adware, it comes withend-user license agreement that saysuser grants permission forsoftware to be installed. In reality, few Kazaa users, until recently, were aware of just how much adware was being installed on their machines (as much asdozen or more). Plus,adware does monitor your internet usage, and so is spyware instrictest sense.
seven. b. worm. Worms most commonly install"backdoor" internet connection in order to send out data (for instance, spam emails or requests to remote servers) undetected.
eight. b. worm. Worms, which most commonly install"backdoor" internet connection onhost computer, are perfect for sending outmillions of server requests needed to achievedenial-of-service attack. A denial-of-service attack is whenserver is maliciously sent so many hits that it is overwhelmed and cannot continue to operate.
nine. a. Trojan. The Trojan "Magic Lantern" was famously used to install monitoring software oncomputer ofsuspect who was later brought to trial partly onstrength ofevidence gathered.
onezero. e. Spyware. Spyware is malware that collects information from your computer and sends it to another remote machine, so by definition any software that steals your identity is spyware. However, spyware is often installed on your computer byTrojan, or sent to you by another computer infected withworm, so other kinds of malware poseindirect threat of identity theft as well.
Aboutauthor:
Joel Walsh writes for spyware-refuge.com about spyware, viruses, Trojans, adware, worms, and other malware: http://www.spyware-refuge.com?Computer Viruses[Publish this article on your website! Requirement: live link for above URL/web address w/ link text/anchor text: "Computer Viruses" OR leave this bracketed message intact.]
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