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Which one of the following is the small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser while a user is browsing a website?

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Junk e-mail is also called
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Consider the following statements

1. Web cookies cannot install malware on the host computer.

2. Web cookies are used as ways to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories.

3. Web cookies are lengthy pieces of text sent to your browser by a website you visit

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people's computers to get information illegally or do damage is a:
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What is the supercookie?
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Which one of the following cookies is the cookie that is automatically recreated after a user has deleted it?
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Which one of the following is the application that captures data packets which can be used to capture passwords and other data transit over the network?
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Which one of the following is the program seems to be doing one thing, but is actually doing another that is it sets up a back door in a computer system such that the intruder can gain access later?
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Match List I (Malicious Software) with List II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
 

List I   List II
A.Nagware                                                                   1. Software that simulates an intelligent conversation with one or more human users via auditory/textual methods
B. Adware     2. Software that overwrites affiliate marketing codes so that revenue is redirected to the spyware creator rather than the intended recipient
C. Chatterbot   3. Software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements to a computer after the software is installed on it.
D. Stealware 4. Software that reminds the user by popping up a message when the user starts the program while the user is using the application.