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CompTIA A+ 220-902

Category - Security

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What type of password attack attempts to guess using every possibility including numbers and special characters?

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Answer: B - A brute force attack attempts to guess every possibility of a password including numbers and special characters.

A brute force attack relies on poorly created passwords. The attack goes through letters, numbers and special characters until the attacker guesses the password.

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