What Was the Slammer Worm/Virus

question 29

Multiple Choice

What was the Slammer Worm/Virus?

• A)It was a macro virus that spread by emailing the first 50 people in the victim's address book with the subject: Important message.
• B)The first Internet worm that "slammed" the Internet,created by a graduate student at Cornell University in 1988.
• C)Malware that exploited Microsoft SQL Server and spread across the world in just 10 minutes.
• D)Malware that would "slam" shut your computer by not allowing you to log in.

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Definitions:

Economic Forces

Factors such as inflation, interest rates, economic growth, and policies that influence the operation of the economy and impact businesses and investments.

Index Model

A financial model that describes the market or a segment of the market, typically used to predict the return or price of assets in comparison to the market as a whole.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, used in finance to gauge the volatility of an investment.

Return

The gain or loss on an investment over a specified period, typically expressed as a percentage of the investment's initial cost.