1. One of the first software security applications is ____ software.

2. Av software on a computer must have its ____ files regularly updated by downloads from the internet

3. Which is malicious code attacks?

4. Which is used to control zombies?

5. Which actions can be taken while filtering POP3 spam traffic?

6. What is the function of MTA(Mail Transfer Agent)?

7. Which technique used to identify spam mails?

8. Which protocol is used on the sender side when an electronic mail is sent from one host to another?

9. Which is used to entangle spammers?

10. Which is an asymmetric algorithm?

11. Which resemble the Joe Job attack?

12. Which is used in a Directory Harvest Attack?

13. Which is different types of spam filtering methods?

14. Which programs is used by a user to send and receive emails?

15. Dave is fetching mails from a server lying at a remote location. Which protocol is he using to fetch the mails?

16. What does 'RBL' stands for in Email Security?

17. Which is the benefits reaped from spam by those associated with antispam measures?

18. Which is indirect harms caused by spam?

19. How many antivirus programs should be installed on a single system?

20. Which is the disadvantages of verification?

21. Which symmetric encryption algorithms is/are supported by S/MIME?

22. Which is threats to Email Security?

23. What is IMAP?

24. What is the function of the Reverse DNS Look up Technique in identifying spam mails?

25. Which is different categories of viruses?

26. Which measure should be taken to tackle spam mails?

27. What is Mail Exchanger(MX) Record?

28. Which symmetric algorithms have variable key length?

29. Which is Email Security Protocols?

30. Which key is used to decrypt the message in PKI?

31. Which is the Hashing Algorithm?

32. What is Phishing?

33. Suppose you got a mail from the HSBC bank asking you to give your online bank account details. Under which of the spam mail categories does this mail?

34. Which program establish modem connection with pay-per-visit resources?

35. How many keys are required if two parties communicate using Asymmetric Cryptography?

36. What are zombies?

37. Which port is used by IMAP?

38. Daniel has deployed an antispam solution in his network. If a spam SMTP is accepted, it is called:

39. Which is categories of spam mails?

40. Which is the way through which virus spread?

41. Which is disadvantages of the Symmetric Key Cryptography?

42. What is the maximum key length of AES?

43. To which component does the MUA(Mail User Agent) forward the mail while sending it to another host in the e-mail flow?

44. What is botnet?

45. Suppose you got a mail from someone saying that you have won a $1 billion and asking you to give him/her $4000 to claim your prize. Under which category does this type of spam mail lie?

46. Which is the Symmetric Algorithm used in cryptography?

47. Which type of virus lives in the boot sector?

48. Which technique help in cases of address forgery?

49. Which technique is used by spammer to find valid/existent email address?

50. Which is famou worm attack?

51. Which antispam measure is taken to reduce spam?

52. What is S/MIME?

53. How many keys are required if two parties communicate using Symmetric Cryptography?

54. Which file is mostly infected?

55. Which action can be taken while filtering SMTP spam traffic?

56. Which is direct harms caused by spam?

57. In order to help prevent spam, a tarpit performs which of the following functions?

58. When using greylist filtering, a message will be considered legitimate if it does which of the following?

59. Which is not an example of a real life virus or worm discovered during the time period of 1980 to 2013?

60. Which of the following sites use disposable email addressing?

61. Polymorphic viruses randomly generate which of the following items before infecting a new file?

62. Which of the following is true of a trojan virus?

63. A virus can hide itself from an antivirus software by doing which of the following?

64. Which of the following best describes a distributed antivirus tool that consist of a scanning client and a corresponding web service?

65. Most spyware is used to...

66. Which of the following differentiates a virus from a worm?

67. What is the difference between a worm and virus?

68. On a WordPress site, which is the default service/tool to prevent spammers from posting comments?

69. Which of the following spam filtering techniques statistically analyzes mail?

70. Firewalls help to prevent which of the following malware from propagating?

71. Is commercial SPAM legal in the United States?

72. Which of the following characteristics classify a mail message as spam?

73. Which of the following is true of macro viruses?

74. In a compromised system, which of the following provides the safest way to analyze it?

75. Which of the following can prevent virus infections?

76. Antivirus signatures are constructed using with of the following?

77. How can delivering mail as text instead of html help prevent spam?

78. What is email spoofing?

79. Which of the following reduces spam by rejecting mail from a specific ip addresses?

80. Which of the following tools would NOT be useful in figuring out what spyware or viruses could be installed on a client's computer?

81. Performing outbound spam filtering does which of the following for an organization?

82. Which type of analysis is an antivirus program performing when it observes a file's activities in a sandbox or decompiles a file and analyzes its instructions?

83. In order to help prevent spam, a honeypot performs which of the following functions?

84. Antivirus programs hash files on a computer in order to detect which of the following activities?

85. What is CryptoLocker?

86. Which of the following techniques requires posting an email address where only spammers would find it?

87. Which of the following spam filtering techniques has the highest potential for generating false positives?

88. When a spammer forges the sender's address and enters an invalid receiver, which of the following settings will cause the receiving mail server to create backscatter?

89. Which is not an example of an anti-spyware tool?

90. Which is most likely something that could be considered strange account activity and may require further scrutiny on an e-commerce site?

91. Why are disposable email addresses useful?

92. What is ransomware?

93. You have been told by several of your friends you have recently sent SPAM emails to them, what could be the cause of this and what should you do?

94. Which of the following spam filtering issues stops valid messages from being delivered?

95. Virus infection via email attachments can be minimized using which of the following?

96. What is a backdoor?

97. What is a botnet?

98. What is the main difference between spyware and other malware?

99. Which of the following sites provide services for users to setup disposable emails?

100. What is an example of a captcha?