What Is Ransomware

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Multiple Choice

What is ransomware?

• A) A form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money
• B) A new ransomware program that encrypts your personal files and demands payment for the file's decryption keys
• C) Software that allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user
• D) A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission

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Definitions:

Diversification

Diversification is an investment strategy that aims to reduce risk by allocating investments among various financial instruments, industries, geographic locations, or other categories.

Portfolio

A collection of investments, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, and real estate, held by an individual or an institution.

Index Model

A statistical model to estimate the returns of a stock based on the returns of a broader market index.

Covariance

A measure of the degree to which two variables move together. In finance, it is used to measure how returns on two assets are related.