| VIRUS:
Generally requires a human to click or activate it. It is always
a program file. If you run an infected file, you just gave it to
yourself. The human is generally tricked into opening or running
the file. They are usually found in E-Mail attachments, files over
chat (or messenger) programs, or a download from a rogue web site or popup
page. Biggest symptom is the file is an executable. The executable
means the file ends with (.exe) . No one should run a downloaded
files called " DestroyEverything.exe " so it is probably not
going to be named that. Yes, actually you would if I trick you into
it.
VIRUS TRICK: A popup page
that says your computer has a multiple virus and spyware, get this file
and fix it NOW. It is FREE. Do NOT WAIT.
VIRUS TRICK: I am sorry.
Before you can watch this movie you need to get the proper CODEX file installed.
Click HERE to download and install. |
| TROJANS:
These guys hide in other programs. If you really like the word FREE
and start downloading things called FREE, you will get a Trojan!
Another easy way to get is Trojan is to get of FILE SHARING NETWORKS.
Yes, mister pirate, downloading software, music, and videos that should
cost something and you are not paying for then --- YET. This will
be an expensive song once you have taken your computer in for repair or
reloading. So what does a Trojan do? They jump out of the file
that you just downloaded that it was hiding in. Now that they are
looses then can do just about anything that someone programmed them to
do. Also, like the Trojan Horse, they open up and release their hidden
cargo. The hidden cargo can also be a virus. The hidden cargo
can be just about anything evil you can think of such as sending information
about your credit card if you ever used it on the internet. This
threat does not need a trick. It was hiding in something that is
usually illegally downloaded or offered for free. Trojans hide inside
other programs and jump out the moment they are run. |
| WORMS:
This is one you can possibly do nothing and still get. The easiest
way to get a WORM is to have high speed internet (DSL or Cable) and to
leave your computer continually on while connected to the internet.
This one worms it way around all the executable files (corrupting each
with a copy of itself inside each) until it escapes through the network
to get on other computers it can find. Remember this, high speed
internet is ALWAYS ON. It does not matter if you are not playing
on the internet -- it is still connected (if your computer is running)
to a live internet feed. The very best way to stop these is with
a "router". Everyone with high speed internet should have a router.
Only more advanced computer users will know how to manage a "firewall".
A router has a hardware firewall built-in to it -- and it does not make
wrong decisions. Every computer (even if only one) behind a router
is secure from worm threats. Yes, a really good firewall program
will do the same -- except, novice computer users do not know how to properly
use them and more often than not will prevent the internet or their own
anti-virus program from working by making an incorrect choice. A
router is a right choice for almost every high speed internet user. |
| BLENDED THREAT: Nothing more than a combination
of any of the three above. Many threats that are called "normal"
are in fact blended. |
| MALWARE/SPYWARE/ADWARE
(not Ad-Aware): These are ill intent little programs. A program
that says it will remove the spyware from your computer but actually increases
the problem now on a vast scale. A program that says it will clean
your registry and make your computer run faster but actually adds a hacker
tool so they can monitor everything you type. A program to decorate
the skin of your music player that additionally adds the ability to track
your computer on the Internet for an advertiser paying them for the information.
Yes, FREE software can be great. Do remember that real FREE software
is NOT BEING ADVERTISED, because there is NO money to be gained from it. |
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