Takes Internet users to fake websites that copy the real one

Portable storage device that is attached through a USB

Technique used by websites to prevent leaving said website

A bad software that copies itself and inserts its own code

Irrelevant messages sent on the internet

Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity

Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software

Manipulating a user's activity by concealing hyperlinks

Part of a computer network that blocks unauthorized access

Aggressive pressure and intimidation hidden behind a screen

Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission

Is intended to damage/disable computers and computer systems

Program that breaches the security of a computer system

False use of a person's private info for financial gain

Designed to prevent/detect unwanted spyware installations

Designed to detect and destroy computer viruses

Sending fake emails to get passwords and credit card info

When the personal information of someone is made public

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Internet Safety Vocabulary

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Hoax
A humorous malicious deception
Designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity
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Pharming
A bad software that copies itself and inserts its own code
Takes Internet users to fake websites that copy the real one
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
alse use of a person's private info for financial gain
3
External Hardrive
Program that breaches the security of a computer system
Portable storage device that is attached through a USB
A bad software that copies itself and inserts its own code
When the personal information of someone is made public
4
Mouse Trapping
False use of a person's private info for financial gain
Technique used by websites to prevent leaving said website
Irrelevant messages sent on the internet
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
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Virus
Irrelevant messages sent on the internet
Program that breaches the security of a computer system
Part of a computer network that blocks unauthorized access
A bad software that copies itself and inserts its own code
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Spam
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
Irrelevant messages sent on the internet
Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission
Technique used by websites to prevent leaving said website
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Phishing
Portable storage device that is attached through a USB
Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity
Part of a computer network that blocks unauthorized access
Designed to prevent/detect unwanted spyware installations
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Scareware
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
When the personal information of someone is made public
Takes Internet users to fake websites that copy the real one
Designed to prevent/detect unwanted spyware installations
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Clickjacking
Part of a computer network that blocks unauthorized access
Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission
Manipulating a user's activity by concealing hyperlinks
Portable storage device that is attached through a USB
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Firewall
Part of a computer network that blocks unauthorized access
Sending fake emails to get passwords and credit card info
Technique used by websites to prevent leaving said website
When the personal information of someone is made public
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Harassment
Program that breaches the security of a computer system
Aggressive pressure and intimidation hidden behind a screen
Sending fake emails to get passwords and credit card info
Is intended to damage/disable computers and computer systems
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Browser Hijacking
Program that breaches the security of a computer system
Designed to prevent/detect unwanted spyware installations
Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission
False use of a person's private info for financial gain
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Malware
Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity
Is intended to damage/disable computers and computer systems
A humorous or malicious deception
False use of a person's private info for financial gain
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Trojan Horse
Program that breaches the security of a computer system
Designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
Is intended to damage/disable computers and computer systems
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
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Identity Theft
Takes Internet users to fake websites that copy the real one
False use of a person's private info for financial gain
Technique used by websites to prevent leaving said website
Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission
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Anti-spyware
Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity
A humorous or malicious deception
Designed to prevent/detect unwanted spyware installations
Manipulating a user's activity by concealing hyperlinks
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Anti-Virus
Injects advertising into browser w/o a user's permission
Enables a user to gain info about other computer's activity
Sending fake emails to get passwords and credit card info
Designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
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Spyware
Sending fake emails to get passwords and credit card info
Aggressive pressure and intimidation hidden behind a screen
Manipulating a user's activity by concealing hyperlinks
Portable storage device that is attached through a USB
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Privacy Violations
Portable storage device that is attached through a USB
Designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
Programs that trick users into buying fake, useless software
When the personal information of someone is made public

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