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Harmful Programs and Applications
Positive Programs and Applications
People and Policy
Safe Practices
Unsafe Practices
100
This program attaches to a file and spreads from computer to computer.
What is a virus
100
An application that searches the hardrive of a computer for viruses and removes any that are found
What is an antivirus
100
People who enter computer systems with the intention of obtaining information or causing damage
Who are hackers
100
The study of safe practices of conduct and moral judgment
What are ethics
100
Using someone else's ideas without explicit permission
What is plagarism
200
Software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system
What is malware
200
Monitors all files for an organization's security
What is SYSOP
200
Safe responsible use of a computer
What are computer ethics
200
Permission to use software within a specified facility
What is site licensing
200
Illegal use of a computer
What is piracy
300
A virus that activates on a specific date
What is a bomb
300
Software distrubuted free of charge on a trial basis
What is shareware
300
A person who breaks into a computer system and leaves a calling card that the system has been compromised
Who are crackers
300
Jumbling text so that only the sender and receiver and read the file
What is an encryption
300
The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
What is software piracy
400
Software that can install itself on a computer for commericial and merchandise purposes
What is spyware
400
Technology used to secure the privacy of information transmitted on the Internet
What is Internet Transacations Safety
400
A set of decisions and rules utilized by an organization with respect security of computers and information
What is network security
400
The act of protecting your data and files with up-to-date antiviral software and applications
What are security measures
400
A form of Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information
What is phishing
500
A program that hangs around Cyberspace to intercept email messages containing clue words
What is a sniffer
500
A system of computer hardware and software that isolates a company's local area network from the Internet
What is firewall
500
Unwritten and written rules and regulations regarding proper behavior on the Web
What is Netiquette
500
Allowing one copy of licensed software in case something happens to the original copy of the software
What is backup
500
Transffering data and, or files from a remote computer to a location on the user's local computer (can be safe or unsafe)
What is download