Own Your Space Flashcards
(18 cards)
Characteristics of a virus? Hint: there are 4⃣ things in all.
Piece of code. Self-replicates. Might have destructive payload. Prevents programs from running.
Four things necessary to protect your computer when using the Internet?
1⃣anti-virus 2⃣anti-spyware 3⃣personal firewall 4⃣security patches
What 4⃣ things are necessary to create the ideal password?
1⃣at least 7⃣ characters 2⃣both numbers and letters 3⃣at least one capital letter 4⃣special symbol
What is phishing? Hint: it’s not
Con artist scam to trick people into giving out personal and financial information.
How do phishing attacks usually begin?
The victim opens their email that was sent from the phishers.
What is cyber bullying?
Intimidation and harassment over electronics.
Five ways someone can be cyber bullied?
Social networking hate group, identity assault, mean emails or texts, inappropriate photos via phones, mean polling sites.
Most common cyber bullying form?
Online reputation attack.
Three ways to protect yourself and your friends from cyber bullying?
Know your friends offline, before friending them online, limit information that you post, think before you click.
Define Uniform Resource Locator.
URL. The word like address used for finding webpages on the interwebs.
Five things legit companies will never ask for:
PIN numbers, user names, passwords, bank account numbers, credit card numbers.
Define email. Hint:
Mail sent over the interwebs.
Define Internet service provider.
Organization that provides services for using the interwebs.
What four things do you need for receiving emails?
Browser, email software, Internet connection, computer.
Standard format for an email address is…
Username@domain.com
Name a couple domain types.
.com, .org, .edu, .gov
What six things make up an email message?
To, cc, bcc, subject line, message body, signature.
Three types of responses to email?
Reply, reply to all, forward.
