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An employee at a Pune company downloads a free utility. It appears to work as advertised but secretly lets a remote person control the computer and does not replicate itself. Which malware type best describes it?
It is a Trojan horse. The program poses as a useful utility but secretly gives a remote person control of the machine, and it does not copy itself to other systems, which distinguishes it from a worm.
- AWorm
- BBoot sector virus
- CTrojan horseCorrect
- DAdware
Explanation
A Trojan appears legitimate while hiding a malicious function such as remote access, and it does not self-replicate. A worm would spread by itself across networks without needing the user to install it, which is not described here.
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