Which of the following is a common method for hosts to be infected with bot software?

The correct answer is D. Worms. Many worms have a payload that consists of a bot. Bots are software programs that perform some action on behalf of a human, typically with little or no human intervention. Bots can be used as open relays or proxies but this is not how they are infected initially. Rootkits are use

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AHTTP Proxies
BOpen Relays
CRootkits
DWorms

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B
7% (1)
C
7% (1)
D
87% (13)

Explanation

Many worms have a payload that consists of a bot. Bots are software programs that perform some action on behalf of a human, typically with little or no human intervention. Bots can be used as open relays or proxies but this is not how they are infected initially. Rootkits are used to hide malicious activity on an already infected host.

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