Question

The term, botnet, means _____________. a. a program that performs a repetitive task on a network b. spam sent via email to spread viruses or commit a distributed denial of service attack c. a group of compromised computers connected to a network that attacks other networks d. a computer whose owner is unaware that the computer is being controlled remotely by an outsider.

Answer 1

c. a group of compromised computers connected to a network that attacks other networks

Step-by-step explanation:

Botnets refer to a group of computers controlled from a single source in which software programs are run. Botnets can be used for several purposes, such as scientific (SETI), or computing corporate purposes; on the other hand, botnets are also used for illegal purposes, for instance hacker run malicious programs in order to attack other networks.