Question

Suppose you observe that your home PC is responding very slowly to information requests from the net. And then you further observe that your network gateway shows high levels of network activity, even though you have closed your email client., Web browser, and other programs that access the net. What types of malware could cause these symptoms

Answer 1

ANSWER: BOT

EXPLANATION: When a PC is experiencing the listed effects, it thus depicts that the PC is under attack by a bot, which is a type of script or software application that establishes automated tasks via command.

However, a bad bots often initiate malicious tasks that gives room for attackers to take control over an affected PC remotely, most especially for fraudulent activities.

When several affected computers are connected, they form a botnet connection.