Risks to Data and Information

What is Malware?

• Bad computer equipment

• Pop up adverts on your computer

• Software designed to do harm to a computer

• Fake web sites

What is pharming

• Making bad computer equipment

• Sending pop up adverts to your computer

• Creating software designed to do harm to a computer

• Setting up fake web sites

What is Ransomware?

• Software that sends scam emails

• Software that copies itself

• Software that you think is good software but isn't

• Software that hides your data and demands payment to release it

What is phishing?

• scams through websites
• scams through emails
• scams through phone calls
• scams through text messages

Never give this out over the phone, through email or on the Internet.

• Personal Information
• Free money
• Tomorrow's lunch choices
• Baseball scores

If you receive a suspicious email, you should

• open it up and click on any links.
• reply to the sender asking them to leave you alone.
• delete the email without opening it.
• delete your email account.

Jonathan is surfing the Internet when a window pops up advertising "Free vacations if you click here now!" There is a button labeled "Act now!" What should Jonathan do now?

• He should copy the Web site name and share it with his friends.

• He should click on the link because the link may disappear soon.

• He should close the pop-up window because the link can take him to a malicious site.

• He should run an anti-virus program.

You receive an e-mail message informing you that you have won a new iPad tablet. It says that all you have to do is reply to the e-mail and enter a form with your personal information. What should you do?

• Do not reply to the e-mail but call the sender on the phone to give your personal information and accept your prize.

• Do not reply, and be sure to delete the e-mail message.

• Reply, but be careful about the information you submit.

• Scan the e-mail message with an anti-virus program before replying.

How does a computer virus infect a pc?

• Email attachments
• Attached to files on memory sticks
• Suspicious web links
• All of the above

Malware will slow down your internet connection.

• True
• False