Question

choose the type of malware that best matches each description. : infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself, but acts independently and to be triggered : tricks the user into allowing access to the system or computer, by posing as a diffe : infects a computer or system, and then replicates itself after being triggered by the

Explanation:

1. A worm is a type of malware that can self - replicate and spread across a network without the need for a host program to be triggered. It acts independently once it infects a system.
2. A Trojan horse is malware that disguises itself as legitimate software to trick users into giving it access to a system.
3. A virus is malware that attaches itself to a legitimate program or file and replicates when the host program is executed (triggered).

Answer:

1. Worm
2. Trojan horse
3. Virus