Exam 220-1102 topic 1 question 59 discussion

C. Ransomware has infected the computer. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts files on a victim's computer, making them inaccessible, and demands a ransom in exchange for the decryption key. When a user receives a message stating that files are encrypted and cannot be accessed, it is likely that ransomware has infected the computer. Cryptominers are malware that use a victim's computing resources to mine cryptocurrency. Phishing is a social engineering attack that tricks victims into providing sensitive information. Keyloggers are malware that record a user's keystrokes to steal login credentials or other sensitive information. While these types of malware can cause issues on a computer, they would not likely result in a message stating that files are encrypted and inaccessible.

Do crypto miner encrypt your file? phishing encrypt your file? Keylogger encrypt your file? then what's the point of arguing you guys with option C? bro it's just a common sense. Black hat hacker might run a ransomware attack and ask for money but if they are hacktivist , of course they will never ask for money. all they want to stop running the business. So again , stop arguing here and try to use your brain.

Ransomware encrypts files and asks for payment. It didn't explicitly state that it asked for payment, but the gist here is that they are locking you out of your own files.

Although it doesn't state that anyone is asking for a fee to unlock the files, C is still the closest answer.

C makes no sense as the question says absolutely nothing about him being prompted to pay a fee of some kind to access the data he once had access to. Maybe it is CompTIA's way of getting people to get it wrong but I don't think they would just leave out big details like that in a question. They're more on the rewording things to make them sound different, rather than withholding pertinent info.

I don't think it's C. Ransomware is when a user is demanded to pay for something and the question doesn't say anything about this. Cryptomining however would temporarily disable a feature, such as the files being encrypted for the user not being able to access. Therefore I would go with A

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts the user's files and demands payment in order to use the file.

It's C. Know your malware stuff, you guys.