"Don´t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door"
Coco Channel
Friday, June 15, 2012
Quotation Moments
"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little, falls into lazy habits of thinking"
Albert Einstein
What is spyware?
Characteristics of a spyware:
- It plagues the user of the infected machine with unwanted advertising.
- It watches everything user does online and sends that information back to the marketing company that create the spyware.
- Setting infected system´s browser home page and search settings to point to the spyware owner´s websites.
- Leave security holes in an infected system allowing the markets of the spyware.
- Spyware severely degrades system performance.
Computer Crime
Computer crime is caused by the criminal or irresponsible actions of individuals who are taking advantage of the widespread use and vulnerability of computers and the Internet and other networks. Computer crime poses serious threats to the:
- Integrity
- Safety
- Survival of most business systems
- makes the development of effective security methods a top priority
How large companies are protecting themselves from cyber crime
Facts about Cyber Crime:
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