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24 December, 00:51

A set of instructions to increase a programmer's pay rate by 10 percent is hidden inside an authorized program. It changes and updates the payroll file. What is this computer fraud technique called? a) Trap door b) Virus Worm c) Trojan horse

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  1. 24 December, 04:21
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    c) Trojan horse

    Explanation:

    A Trojan horse is designed to damage, disrupt, steal, or in general inflict some other harmful action on your data or network. A Trojan acts like a bona fide application or file to trick you. Once installed, a Trojan can perform the action it was designed for.

    If a set of instructions to increase a programmer's pay rate by 10 percent is hidden inside an authorized program and it changes and updates the payroll file, then this instructions called a Trojan horse.

    A trap door, also known as a back door, provides a secret or undocumented method of gaining access to an application, operating system or online service.

    A virus worm is a malicious, self-replicating program that can spread throughout a network without human assistance
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