2011年11月12日土曜日

Malware


In class, we were learning about Malware. So I explain it briefly. Malware stands for malicious software that is programmed to do abusive behaviors such as stealing information, gaining unauthorized access to the resource and something like that. As the internet has developed, Malware also becomes various. I guess many people regard computer virus as most part of Malware, yet actually the computer virus is one of the types of Malware.


Although everyone in CIS class cannot believe, some people with poor knowledge about computers believe that human beings can be infected with computer virus.  In 2007 April, a rumor that people can catch deadly virus through cell phones by answering call spread in Pakistan or Afghanistan. The people got into a panic. Therefore, finally the government announced that cell phones were totally safe and blamed local Taliban for telling scary rumor.





However, some malicious people actually upload music file or flash by professing that “these files might cause lunacy” or “they make you commit suicide.”
It is clear that computer never become malicious by itself. Always people’s malicious mind is first.



Question for the final

What are the possible factors which might threaten your identity and privacy online? Name at least three and write possible reacts to them in order to protect yourself.

3 件のコメント:

  1. Very interesting - I never heard the story about the biological virus being spread through mobile phone networks. Strange that they would blame it on the Taliban.

    For some reason your link doesn't appear with an underline until you mouse over it. I wonder if this has to do with the template you are using. Did you know that it is possible to customize such things in the blogger template design section.

    Though the course is almost over, I think it would be useful to know how to do this. Let me know if you need a hand figuring it out.

    One more point, please remember that WB 4 and 5 are supposed to include a question about the topic for the final exam. Can you amend your post to include one, please?

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  2. Mr.Lockman>
    Thank you for commenting. I fixed the link of the news. I will post a question about the topic for the final exam soon.

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  3. crazy story. i never heard of it before. good post

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