Overview on Computer Security In this course‚ you have discovered how important computers and their contents are to everyone. Safeguarding your computer and its valuable information is important. You should be aware of the threats facing by your computer and data‚ and take necessary measures to protect them as well. By taking some precautionary steps‚ you can safeguard not only your hardware‚ software and data‚ but yourself. This lesson introduces you with some of the most common threats to your
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higher the possibility of an attack‚ the more advanced the security system that is to be put in place to ensure that the threat is minimized. Cyber security involves dealing with threats that range from malicious codes‚ which are known as malware and spyware‚ to computer viruses. Some of these viruses are so serious that they have the ability to erase entire operating systems of computers. These viruses also enable hackers to have access to all the data stored in the infected computers‚ ensuring that
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UNIX/Linux versus Mac versus Windows Paper Ricky Morris April 1‚ 2013 Process Management Operating systems are the link between the user and the applications and the hardware. They are responsible for deciding how the user commands will be interpreted and how the operating system itself will carry the process. There are several different types of operating and each carries out processing in their own way. Windows‚ UNIX/Linux and Mac are some of the most popular and widely used operating systems
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system from malicious viruses and Trojans and worms which you can be infected by through the internet or email or downloading files or through a USB flash drive etc. virus protection usually consists of a firewall‚ virus scanner‚ virus remover and spyware. With virus protection you can perform a scan on your computer to check if you have been infected by any viruses or Trojans or worms. With some virus protections software’s you can scan your computer then it will ask you if you want the viruses removed
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media Be cautious when participating in games and surveys or when clicking on links shared by others Review and update your social media privacy and security settings often SOME OTHER MEASURES TO FOLLOW Use anti-virus and separate anti-spyware software and keep it up to date. Do not open e-mails or attachments from unknown sources. Be suspicious of any attachments‚ even if it appears to be from someone you know. Disconnect from the internet when it is not in use. Adjust the
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A. 1. Write an essay discussing the ethics‚ risks and benefits of using cookies and spyware to track customer browsing and online purchasing habits. Nowaday‚ hacker is someone makes the technology’s life to be more interesting. The term hacker has evolved over the years and been growing. For years there existed a fuzzy distinction between good and bad computer hackers‚ or we also call them white hat and black hat hackers. Whether they are good or bad‚ we can’t negate they don’t have any influence
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Why is it that Computer Hacking is something we don’t ever hear about? Hundreds of Hackers every day break into banks and businesses and steal valuable information or even money from people such as ourselves. They are other hackers that start viruses and worms through big computer networks that can destroy all your information you have and your computer. Hackers use everyday things to start computer eaters‚ which is why we have those annoying viruses and worms everywhere in computers. We use anti-viruses
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Practices Data Protection Code. A very costly risk to corporations is reputation damage. This can occur from an employee posting inappropriate photos. Think about it. A company’s social networking can make it prone to Internet threats such as viruses‚ spyware‚ and malware. It’s no big secret that social networking sites have become a major distribution
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get in a lot of trouble and quite literally destroy your computer. 3. Depending on the OS and software/hardware installed‚ they can be difficult to maintain. 4. If you have the internet and don’t have an Anti-Virus program‚ or at least an Anti-Spyware program‚ surfing the web can ruin your day. 5. Nothing lasts forever. 6‚ computers are taking places of labours and 1 computer can do a work of almost 100 acountents at 1 time and all pplz whos’ job is acountacy are job less coz of computer. 7
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DNS poisoning- another type of attack that directs the users to the fake website when they enter the url of a genuine websites. This is possible by illegally accessible the DNS server and putting the IP address of their fake website Key logger- spyware every keystroke that you type they can see the- virtual keyboard‚ shuffle and hovering on password changes Password cracker Dictionary attack- using the dictionary terms as password Brute force
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