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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 (V7) Practice Question

Which of the following BEST describes a logic bomb in the context of malicious code?

A candidate should recognize how a logic bomb behaves compared with other common malware types.

  • Automatically replicates itself across network hosts without user interaction.

  • Immediately encrypts user data upon infection and demands payment for decryption.

  • Continuously records every keystroke typed by the user and sends the data to an attacker.

  • Executes its malicious payload only when a predefined condition (date, event, or system state) is met.

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