Lesson 1A: Phishing and Viruses

If you get an email with a link that says you have won $1,000,000 you should...

• follow the link

• get super excited because it's totally real.

• delete the email

• report the email as SPAM

When you are making up a user name for email and instant messaging, you should:

• aways use your real name.

• use a name that does not reveal your true identity.

• give your real info

• It depends on the purpose of the service.

With your secret codes and passwords, you should:

• give them out to only your best friends.

• give them out to strangers

• never give out passwords

• Tattoo them on your hands so that you don't forget them.

When you get an email or instant message from people you don't know, you should:

• forward it to your friends

• ignore and put it in the "trash"

• respond with a polite message

• Report it as SPAM.

When you receive an email with an attachment that you were NOT expecting from a friend you...

• forward to your friends

• open the link/attachment

• delete, delete, delete!

• omg, did you delete it already?

Hector notices he has 12 apps that need to be updated. What should he do?

• Update them

• Ignore the updates

• There is no clear guidance on this

• Uninstall them

You don't have to worry about playing games online because they are free of any viruses.

• True

• False

Information on the Internet can always be trusted to be factual: TRUE or FALSE

• FALSE

• TRUE

I can always trust emails and attachments I get from friends.

• True

• False

Phishing is...

• someone falsifying documents and framing you.

• and attempt to coerce you into an embezzlement scheme.

• something to do on your day off.

• trying to lure people into giving out personal information.