Review Questions

1. What is the first action you should take when you receive an email that describes a removal process to clean your system to prevent a rapidly spreading high-risk virus from infecting it?

A. Follow the instructions immediately.

B. Forward the message to everyone you know.

C. Open any attachment enclosed within the message.

D. Report the message to your network administrator.

2. A rootkit has been discovered on your mission-critical database server. What is the best step to take to return this system to production?

A. Reconstitute it.

B. Run an antivirus tool.

C. Install an HIDS.

D. Apply vendor patches.

3. Which of the following is a denial-of-service attack that uses network packets that have been spoofed so that the source ...

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