Q 01/05

The 2003 Blaster worm hid a message in its code telling which tech billionaire to fix his software?

A) Steve Jobs

B) Bill Gates

C) Larry Ellison

D) Michael Dell

Answer · why

B) Bill Gates

Bill Gates was the Microsoft co-founder it addressed, and Blaster also set infected PCs to flood the Windows Update website with traffic.

Q 02/05

Researchers named the 2001 Code Red worm after a flavour of which soft drink they were drinking?

A) Cherry Coca-Cola

B) Dr Pepper

C) Mountain Dew

D) Mello Yello

Answer · why

C) Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew Code Red kept two eEye Digital Security researchers going as they dissected the worm, which was built to attack fixed addresses including...

Q 03/05

A 2001 email worm tricked people into opening it by promising a photo of which Russian tennis star?

A) Maria Sharapova

B) Elena Dementieva

C) Anastasia Myskina

D) Anna Kournikova

Answer · why

D) Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova was the bait, and the 20-year-old Dutchman behind the worm built it in a few hours with a ready-made toolkit, then surrendered to poli...

Q 04/05

Which virus, named after a Renaissance artist, caused a 1992 media scare over PCs being wiped on 6 March?

A) Michelangelo

B) Leonardo da Vinci

C) Donatello

D) Botticelli

Answer · why

A) Michelangelo

Michelangelo slept until the artist's birthday each year, and after warnings that millions of PCs carried it, most owners scanned and removed it in ti...

Q 05/05

In which film does Jeff Goldblum's character upload a computer virus to an alien mothership?

A) The Arrival

B) Men in Black

C) Starship Troopers

D) Independence Day

Answer · why

D) Independence Day

Independence Day has satellite engineer David Levinson use the virus to drop the invaders' shields, so that a nuclear missile can destroy the mothersh...