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Choose the type of malware that best matches each description.

to be triggered
:infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself, but acts independently and does not need
: tricks the user into allowing access to the system or computer, by posing as a different type of file
infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself after being triggered by the host

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Answer:

B - tricks the user into allowing access to the system or computer, by posing as a different type of file

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Answer:

Worm: infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself, but acts independently and does not need to be triggered

Trojan horse: tricks the user into allowing access to the system or computer, by posing as a different type of file

Virus: infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself after being triggered by the host

Explanation:

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