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1.6 OCR Computer Science- System Security.
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- 1What is malware?Malicious Software- software that can be malicious if damaging to a computer or network.
- 2Give some examples of Malware.Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses.
- 3What does a virus do?It attaches itself to programs/ files on a computer/ server.
- 4What does a virus affect?A virus can affect ALL components of an Operating System.
- 5How many viruses are made a day?82,000.
- 6What does a worm do?A worm replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
Often using a computer network. - 7How does a worm do this?It exploits vulnerabilities across the computer network.
- 8How is a worm DIFFERENT to a virus?
- 9What are Trojan Horses designed to do?They are designed to access a computer by misleading users of its intent.
- 10What is social engineering?It involves human interaction in order to trick users into breaking normal security procedures.
It does NOT involve technical cracking techniques. - 11What is computer phishing?It is a form of social engineering