A software programs designed to damage or do unwanted actions on a computer system.
What is malware.
100
A picture that represents a file or URL.
What is an Icon?
100
The process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication
What is phishing
100
A service provided by Microsoft that provides updates for the Microsoft Windows operating system and its installed components
What is Windows updates.
200
The bar displayed on a full edge of a GUI desktop that is used to launch a monitor running applications
What is a taskbar
200
A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful.
What is a trojan.
200
A program that blocks harmful things.
What is Windows Firewall.
200
Software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
What is a worm.
200
A software product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spy ware in Microsoft Windows
What is Windows Defender.
300
A graphic user interface
What is a GUI
300
Any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements
What is adware.
300
A common program that rids a computer of viruses
What is Norton anti- virus
300
Unwanted or junk e-mail
What is spam.
300
Programs that performs automated tasks, such as a search engine finding and adding websites to their search engine indexes
What are Bots
400
The main types of computers, there are two.
What is a computer platform
400
A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
What is a virus.
400
A software application for retrieving, presenting, and transfering information resources on the internet.
What is a browser.
400
A process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It puts things where they belong.
What is defragmenting
400
Anything on the Internet that can harm your device, gives away your private information, or send virus’(etc) to your device
What is a Web Based Threat
500
That which runs on a computer and manafe the computer hardware and provides common services for efficient executin of various application software.
What is an operating system
500
Software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent
What is spyware.
500
The URL page that immediatley comes up when you get on the Internet.
What is a homepage.
500
A computer maintenance utility included in Microsoft Windows designed to free up disk space on a computers' hard drive