Malware Types Quiz: Test Your Knowledge (Grade 8 CS)

📚 Quick Study Guide: Understanding Malware Types

• 🦠 Virus: Attaches itself to legitimate programs and spreads when the infected program is executed. It requires user action to spread.
• 🐛 Worm: A standalone malicious program that replicates itself and spreads to other computers over a network without human interaction.
• 🐎 Trojan Horse: Disguises itself as legitimate software but carries a malicious payload. It tricks users into installing it.
• 🕵️ Spyware: Gathers information about a user or organization without their knowledge and sends it to another entity. Often monitors browsing habits or keystrokes.
• 📢 Adware: Automatically displays unwanted advertisements on a computer. It can also collect user data for targeted ads.
• 🔒 Ransomware: Encrypts a victim's files, demanding a ransom (usually cryptocurrency) for decryption.
• 👻 Rootkit: A stealthy type of malicious software designed to hide the existence of certain processes or programs from normal detection methods, allowing unauthorized access.
• 🤖 Botnet: A network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, e.g., to send spam or launch DDoS attacks.

🧠 Practice Quiz: Malware Types Challenge

1. Which type of malware can replicate itself and spread to other computers without any human interaction?

1. Virus
2. Worm
3. Trojan Horse
4. Spyware

2. A malicious program that disguises itself as legitimate software, tricking users into installing it, is known as a:

1. Ransomware
2. Worm
3. Trojan Horse
4. Adware

3. What kind of malware encrypts a user's files and demands payment to restore access?

1. Adware
2. Spyware
3. Ransomware
4. Rootkit

4. If your computer suddenly starts displaying an excessive amount of unwanted pop-up advertisements, you might be infected with:

1. Worm
2. Adware
3. Virus
4. Trojan Horse

5. This type of malware secretly monitors your online activities and sends your personal information to third parties.

1. Rootkit
2. Ransomware
3. Spyware
4. Worm

6. Which malware needs to attach itself to a legitimate program and requires user action (like running the program) to spread?

1. Worm
2. Virus
3. Botnet
4. Adware

7. A network of hijacked computers controlled remotely by an attacker to perform malicious tasks is called a:

1. Trojan Horse
2. Rootkit
3. Ransomware
4. Botnet