CompTIA Security+ Question I-85

A malicious program modified entries in the LMHOSTS file of an infected system. Which of the following protocols would have been affected by this?

A. ICMP
B. BGP
C. NetBIOS
D. DNS

Answer: C

Explanation:
The LMHOSTS file provides a NetBIOS name resolution method that can be used for small networks that do not use a WINS server. NetBIOS has been adapted to run on top of TCP/IP, and is still extensively used for name resolution and registration in Windows-based environments.