312-50V13 Question #344: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Botnet Trojan. A hacker successfully infecting an internet-facing server to use it for sending junk mail, participating in coordinated attacks, or hosting spam content indicates infection by a Botnet Trojan.

Submitted by devops_kid· Mar 6, 2026Malware Threats

Question

A hacker has successfully infected an internet-facing server which he will then use to send junk mail, take part in coordinated attacks, or host junk email content. Which sort of trojan infects this server?

Options

ABotnet Trojan
BBanking Trojans
CTurtle Trojans
DRansomware Trojans

Explanation

A hacker successfully infecting an internet-facing server to use it for sending junk mail, participating in coordinated attacks, or hosting spam content indicates infection by a Botnet Trojan.

Common mistakes.

B. Banking Trojans are specifically designed to steal financial and banking credentials from victims.
C. 'Turtle Trojans' is not a recognized or common classification of Trojan malware.
D. Ransomware Trojans encrypt a victim's data and demand a ransom for its decryption, which is a different purpose than described.

Concept tested. Malware types (Trojans, Botnets)

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/intelligence/trojans

Topics

#botnet#trojan#malware#DDoS attacks

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