Test Your Security IQ

[ronjor]

By Neil J. Rubenking

Your security software says it offers "antivirus" protection, but in reality it protects against many other kinds of malware. See if you can identify the different types in our security IQ quiz

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418514,00.asp

[Noob]

Lemme try!!!
Got 7/10.

[atomomega]

I got 6/10... maybe I should reconsider being a Wilders member... lol

[Solarlynx]

6/10
This test tells horror stories.

[Noob]

Hahahahahaha to be Wilders worthy you must get a 9/10!
Seems like 5.2k Posts and years of reading Wilders have barely made a difference.

[CrusherW9]

I got a 9/10. I choose phishing instead of smishing. Has anyone even heard of smishing before?

[Solarlynx]

Originally Posted by CrusherW9

I got a 9/10. I choose phishing instead of smishing. Has anyone even heard of smishing before?

I never.

[JRViejo]

FYI. What is SMiShing?

[KelvinW4]

8/10! thanks, was very fun.

[Solarlynx]

Originally Posted by JRViejo

FYI. What is SMiShing?

Short explanation was given in the PCMag test. So during the test you learn.

[SIR****TMG]

7/10 here

[JRViejo]

Solarlynx, yes it was explained, yet my linked article details "Protecting Yourself From SMiShing" on page 2, well suited for readers of this forum who might not be members.

[J_L]

My first try was 8/10. Actually got Smishing right, but put Rootkit for the USB Virus and Trojan for the PDF APT.

[merisi]

I got 8/10 but most of my answers were educated guesses. Had it not been multiple choice I fear I may have got only a couple right.

[hamlet]

9/10 with several educated guesses. Sort of a fun way to start the day.

[GrafZeppelin]

7/10. Not that bad it seems.

P.S. : OMG over 50 scripts and I don't know which ones need to be allowed. Ended up allowing them all lol.

[jmonge]

i got 8/10

[AMIGA500]

8/10 for me.

Smishing was a pure guess lol.

[SirDrexl]

I got 8/10 because I had never heard of smishing or advanced persistent threat.

[woomera]

5/10

rofl @ smishing...

[Breakfastofchumps]

8/10 Guessed at smishing too lol.

[0strodamus]

Originally Posted by GrafZeppelin

P.S. : OMG over 50 scripts and I don't know which ones need to be allowed. Ended up allowing them all lol.

That page had more RequestPolicy hits than anything I've ever visited!

8/10 for me. Smishing got me too. Made me a little nostalgic for the print version of PC Magazine. I've learned quite a bit from Mr. Rubenking over the many years I had a subscription.

[PrevxHelp]

Phew! I'm in the right industry - 10/10

[GrafZeppelin]

Originally Posted by PrevxHelp

Phew! I'm in the right industry - 10/10

Congratulations! Now when will you buy us some drinks?

[bigc73542]

I guess no one is perfect all the time