All about viruses, hacking and backups

By Harriet Thomas

All about viruses

A virus is a piece of code that can attach itself to a program or file.

A virus can spread from computer to computer.

A virus could try to damage your software, your

hardware or your files

A virus can infect your computer without your permission or with you not knowing or

A virus can delete all your files. It is very hard to remove it from your computer. Some viruses do not do anything to your computer.

Some viruses stop you from being able to use your computer.

Some viruses do nothing harmful. There is viruses that spread themselves about without doing anything dangerous.

You would get lots of pop ups asking you to download things.

•Memory Resident Viruses

•Trojan Horses

•Worms

•Email Viruses

•Bootsector Virus•Macro Virus

•Rootkit Virus•Polymorphic Viruses•Logic Bombs/Time Bombs

•ILOVEYOU virus•Melissa •Happy99

By not clicking on a link when getting an

e-mail.

By install anti-virus software every time

it offers it to you.

Do not use disks that

other people gave you

Do not click on pop ups that come up on

you computer

They can slow down your computer when

being updated.

Some cost a lot of money

Some anti-virus software you get online

which could be a con

Ones that are cheap don’t work very well

All about hacking

A hacker is someone who gets into your computer and can access you files without you

knowing.

People who hack other people are called hacker. They

are cyber criminals.

Hackers can get into your internet when you go to bed at night and leave your computer

on.

There is only a very small amount of hackers in the

world.

They could get your personal

information, such as credit

card details.

A hacker could install a program onto you computer.

Some hackers put a program into your computer. This

means hackers can do things.

Hackers can write new files, delete files, edit files and doanything to your computer.

A fire wall, it preventsunauthorised intrusions intoyour computer system and

allows authorised access only

Update your computer with some software, you can

just ask your parents if they will do It for you

Turn your computer off at night before you go to bed

by keeping your windows

operating system up to date

Because if your computer breaks or you get hackedyou will always have you

files still.

Another bad storage

media are floppy disks.That hard drive will not live

forever.

probably you have everything

saved on your PCs hard drive.

Disc’s

Memory stick’s Internet

cloud

If you put them on a disc put them in a locked cupboard

Keep them in a safe placePut the on the internet as the does not crash

Keep them as far away from your computer as possible.