Spammers can defeat the registration process of free e-mail services by launching a coordinated ____ attack that can sign up for thousands of untraceable e-mail accounts.
A) distributed denial-of-service attack
B) bot
C) CAPTCHA
D) logic bomb

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A bot attack refers to the use of automated software to carry out a task, in this case, signing up for multiple e-mail accounts. This can be done at a large scale, making it difficult for free e-mail services to detect and prevent spam accounts from being created.

Spammers Can Defeat the Registration Process of Free E-Mail Services