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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Questions and Answers (latest Update 2025)
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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 ExamQuestions and Answers (latest Update
2025)
A malicious software - Correct Answer ✅Malware
malicious code that runs without user's knowledge. Viruses
require a user action in order to reproduce and spread -
Correct Answer ✅Virus
A virus stored in the first sector of a hard drive and loaded
into memory upon boot up. It is hard to detect - Correct
Answer ✅Boot Sector Virus
Virus embedded in a document and executed when the
document is opened . - Correct Answer ✅Macros Virus
virus that infect an executable or an application - Correct
Answer ✅Program Virus
A virus that combines both boot sector and program viruses
together by attaching itself to the boot sector and system
files - Correct Answer ✅Multipartite Virus
,CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam
Questions and Answers (latest Update
2025)
A virus that uses a cipher to encrypt the content itself to
avoid detection by any antivirus software . - Correct Answer
✅Encrypted Virus
An advanced version of an encrypted virus that changes itself
everytime its executed by trying to morph the way the code
looks so the sign-based antivirus cant defect it - Correct
Answer ✅Polymorphic Virus
A virus that is able to rewrite itself entirely before it attempts
to infect a file - Correct Answer ✅Metamorphic Virus
a category of a virus protecting itself techniques viruses -
Correct Answer ✅Stealth Virus
layer of protection to confuse a program or person analyzing
it - Correct Answer ✅Armored-
not a virus , trick user to infect themselves - Correct Answer
✅Easter Egg
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Questions and Answers (latest Update
2025)
A malware like a virus but it's able to replicate itself without
user interaction that cause disruptions to network traffic,
computer activities, and cause a system to crash or slow
down - Correct Answer ✅Worms
A malware disguised as a piece of harmless software to
preform desired and malicious functions to infect a system. -
Correct Answer ✅Trojans
A malware that allows an attacker to remotely control an
infected computer - Correct Answer ✅Remote Access
Trojan (RAT)
A malware that restricts access by encrypting a victims file or
computer until ransom payment is recieved - Correct
Answer ✅Ransomware
A malware that secretly gathers information about you
without your consent by using a keylogger that captures
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