Virus and Spyware

What can spyware monitor?

• Websites and Keystrokes
• How many dogs/cats you have
• Network Devices
• Your window

What is a worm?

• Malware that copies to other PCs across a network
• A creature stuck inside your pc case
• A virus
• A virus that enters into your system via another file

What can cookie theft be used for?

• Gain access to accounts
• Steal your money
• See what you are typing
• Insert Malware onto your computer

What can a virus do to your computer?

• Delete files
• Cause inappropriate adverts to appear
• Spy on what you are doing
• Steal your infotrmation

How can you protect your computer against viruses?

• Put a lock on it.
• Install an anti-virus package, scan and delete files and update it.

How does a worm infect a computer?

• E-mail attachments
• Through security loopholes, your computer is not up to date
• Suspicious web links
• On memory sticks

How is adware malicious?

• Deletes files.
• Inappropriate and wastes your time/
• Slows your pc down.
• Spies on you, collecting your information

How can a trojan infect your pc?

• On memory sticks.
• Through email attachments.
• By being disguised as legitimate software.
• Dodgy web links

What is spyware?

• Causes adverts to appear on screen.
• Software that deletes your files
• Slows your pc down.
• Collects information from you and transfers it across the internet.

What is Malware?

• Software that protects your computer from viruses

• Software that protects your computer from spyware and adware infections

• Software that updates your computers operating system

• Software that may harm your computer