Computer Viruses

If you do not download your windows updates, you could get this virus on your system. It is a virus that makes multiple copies or itself and transfer to different computers over the network.

You notice that your computer is becoming really slow after an application to download music automatically got installed on your system. What type of virus could this be?

If you are browsing on the internet, and you are asked if you want to download Adobe Photoshop for free, what type of virus you may be downloading?

If you open your browser, and you used to have google as your home page, but this time your home page is Mysearch.com, you try to change the home page to google, but your browser does not allow you to do so, what type of security threat are you facing?

You notice your computer has a new program installed; however, you do not recall installing this program. What type of virus may be installed on your system?

You open your facebook page and suddently 50 windows display advertising different products. What type of security is represented by this scenario?

What is the type of computer virus that attaches to microsoft applications?

If you receive an e-mail the subject line states "Dear customer" and the body says that you won a million dollars or a brand new car. After opening the e-mail you constantly get simmilar e-mails saying you won something else. What type of security threat are you facing?

You receive an e-mail that appears to be from the international lottery website. The e-mail contains the logo for the website and seems legitimate. The e-mail tells you you have won 500, 000 dollars and in order to claim your prize you must click the attached link and enter your social security number and your bank account information. What type of security threat are you facing?

You open your browser and you notice that your Amazon account is automatically logged in. You log off and open youtube page and two days after watching videos for a job interview, youtube automatically displays 5 interview videos as suggestions for you. What type of security threat can be related to these scenarios?