Select the mobile malware that best matches the scenario text.

Select the mobile malware that best matches the scenario text.

• You just downloaded and installed a free game and suddenly a new “search” toolbar has appeared in your browser. - Adware
• You booted your computer and it is displaying a page that states your files are encrypted and that you must send Bitcoins to decrypt your hard drive. - Ransomware
• A cybercriminal has installed a very hard to detect malware on your computer to gain system-level privileges and can now control it remotely. - Rootkit
• Whenever you access a secure site on your computer, a program is secretly capturing the login credentials and sending them to a cybercriminal. - Spyware
• After visiting a free gaming site, your computer displayed a pop-up window saying it discovered several viruses and to fix it you must download and run the free antivirus software. You download and scan your computer and it reports that all viruses have been removed. However, the free antivirus software installed a backdoor application allowing a cybercriminal access to your host. - Trojan horse
• You opened an email attachment and suddenly your computer shut down. You try to reboot it but it keeps shutting down. - Virus
• The corporate network is suddenly very noticeably slow and unresponsive. - Worm

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