Multiple choice

______ is a type of cyber crime that occurs in pay per click online advertising when a person, automated script or computer program imitates a legitimate user of a web browser by clicking on an ad for the purpose of generating a charge per click without having actual interest in the target of the ad’s link.

  1. Phishing

  2. Zombie

  3. Click fraud

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Click fraud is a type of cyber crime that occurs in pay per click online advertising when a person, automated script or computer program imitates a legitimate user of a web browser by clicking on an ad for the purpose of generating a charge per click without having actual interest in the target of the ad’s link.

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